Property Record
415 MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | William Lanyon, Jr. House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60852 |
| Location (Address): | 415 MADISON ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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 HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS PROPERTY, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COMPOSED OF SIDING. The house has lost its decorative bargeboards, second story Gothic arched windows, brackets, and dentils. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF AT THE FRONT IN THE UPPER STORY ARE TWO GABLE ROOFS. BENEATH THESE GABLES ARE TWO, ONE-STORY, PROJECTING BAYS; A CENTRAL PORTICO IS NESTLED BETWEEN THEM. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: WILLIAM LANYON, JR. AND HIS HEIRS, FROM 1875 TO 1915 AND WILLIAM SHOCKLEY IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). FROM 1868 TO 1873, HENRY OSBORN OWNED THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WOULD LATER BE BUILT. |
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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 ARE 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, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |