Property Record
200 MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MERRY CHRISTMAS MINE CO. OFFICE (NJ ZINC) |
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| Other Name: | Pendarvis Merry Christmas Mine Office (DOA #24509006) |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61291 |
| Location (Address): | 200 MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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, SIDE GABLED MINING STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN THE C. 1840S. (SEE BIB. REF. H). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN UNSPECIFED STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. ON THE ROOF TOP TWO BRICK CHIMNEYS APPEAR, EACH ONE NEAR AN OPEN GABLE END. THE ONCE VISIBLE SIX-OVER-SIX WINDOWS, ADORNED BY STONE LINTELS AND SILLS, ARE NOW CONCEALED BY WOOD SHUTTERS. REGULARLY SPACED STONE QUOINS DISTINGUISH THE BUILDING'S CORNERS. THE STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE MERRY CHRISTMAS MINE COMPANY BUILDING AND AS THE "CORNISH COUNTING HOUSE." (SEE BIB. REF. H). IT MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY OFFICE, WHICH WAS AFFILIATED WITH A ZINC MINE ON MINERAL POINT HILL. THE STRUCTURE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINING INDUSTRY AND FUNCTIONED AS A MINE BUILDING FROM THE C. 1840S TO 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A, H). CURRENTLY, THE BUILDING REMAINS VACANT. |
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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. H. MARK KNIPPING, PENDARVIS HISTORIC SITE DIRECTOR, MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |