Property Record
324 MAIDEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | VARLIN, VIOLA HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60978 |
| Location (Address): | 324 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: | Clapboard |
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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 CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF AT THE FRONT IN THE ATTIC STORY IS A TRUNCATED, HIP ROOFED DORMER. DOUBLE WINDOWS WITH TWELVE-OVER-ONE PANES DISTINGUISH THIS DORMER. SIMILARLY DESIGNED WINDOWS ARE FOUND ON ALL LEVELS OF THE FACADE. A FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY DECORATIVE, METAL POSTS. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS, AND PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS STRUCTURE. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. VIOLA VARLIN WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING IN 1915. (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 |