Property Record
322 MAIDEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ROSS, ALEX HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60973 |
| Location (Address): | 322 MAIDEN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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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-STORY, AMERICAN FOURSQUARE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1912. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STUCCO EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, TRUNCATED HIP ROOF. LARGE, EVEN STONE BLOCKS COMPRISE THE FOUNDATION. A TWO-STORY, THREE-SIDED BAY PROJECTS FORWARD ON THE FACADE. THIS BAY IS CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY A PENT AND GABLED ROOF. THE FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH HAS STUCCOED PIERS SUPPORTING ITS FLAT ROOF. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ALEX ROSS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1915 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, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |