Property Record
311 S IOWA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | METZ, ALEX HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60389 |
| Location (Address): | 311 S IOWA ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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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 BUNGALOW WAS BUILT IN C. 1920. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. THE CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN SIDED WITH ALUMINUM, ACCORDING TO THE INTENSIVE SURVEY REPORT. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF IN THE ATTIC STORY IS A GABLED DORMER; LARGE BRACKETS LINE ITS EAVES AND LEADED GLASS APPEARS IN ITS WINDOWS. BENEATH IT IS A FULL-LENGTH, ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH, WHOSE SIDE ENTRANCE IS ADORNED WITH SIDELIGHTS AND A TRANSOM WINDOW. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ALEX METZ WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |