Property Record
216 N IOWA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JAMES, ROBERT HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60364 |
| Location (Address): | 216 N IOWA ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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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 ONE AND A HALF-STORY, FRONT GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1906. (SEE BIB. REF. H). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. LARGE, PENT ROOFED EAVE RETURNS EMBELLISH THE OPEN GABLE ENDS AT THE FRONT AND AT THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING. DECORATIVE MUNTINS APPEAR IN AN ATTIC STORY WINDOW. AN INSET CORNER PORCH - WHICH IS DETAILED WITH AN IONIC COLUMN AND A BALUSTRADED RAILING - CONTAINS A NEW ENTRANCE STAIRWAY, ADDED AT AN UNSPECIFED DATE. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: ROBERT JAMES, FROM 1910 TO 1915; AND MATT DEMUTH IN 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," 29 NOVEMBER 1906. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |