Property Record
58 N IOWA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MESEROLE, J.A. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60354 |
| Location (Address): | 58 N IOWA ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mineral Point Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/30/1971 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | THIS TWO AND A HALF-STORY, FRONT GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. H). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. A DORMER IS LOCATED AT THE ATTIC STORY, AND A BAY IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST STORY, AT THE NORTH FACE. STONE SUPPORTS BOLSTER SHORT TUSCAN COLUMNS, WHICH IN TURN, BALANCE THE HIPPED, FRONT PORCH ROOF. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. J. A. MESEROLE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1905 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 151: Dodgeville To Belmont.” WHS project number 92-0510IA/LT. October 1993. Prepared by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC). A. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, PLATTEVILLE, WI. B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE," MINERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, N.D. C. FRANK HUMBERSTONE, JR. AND ANNE D. JENKIN, "THE HOMES OF MINERAL POINT," MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN," CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY," MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND LOCAL HISTORY. G. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. H. "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 28 JUNE 1900. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |