Property Record
617 MAIDEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Henrietta Hanscom House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61267 |
| Location (Address): | 617 MAIDEN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 1915. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURAITON, A CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. BREAKING THROUGH THE MAIN ROOF LINE AND APPEARING IN THE ATTIC STORY IS A GABLED, WALL-DORMER, COMPLETE WITH PENT-ROOFED EAVE RETURNS AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR WINDOW. THE NEARLY FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH HAS ITS ROOF SUPPORTED BY SHORT TUSCAN COLUMNS ON RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK BASES. A FIRST-STORY WINDOW ON THE FACADE IS ADORNED WITH LEADED GLASS. THIS RESIDECE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. HENRIETTA HANSCOM 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 |