Property Record
321 MINERAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | David Jacka House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61346 |
| Location (Address): | 321 MINERAL ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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 ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1870. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A GABLED, TIN ROOF. THERE IS A PROLIFIC USE OF ORNAMENTATION ON THE STRUCTURE. ROOF CRESTING ADORNS NOT ONLY THE ROOF OF THE CENTRAL, THREE-STORY TOWER, BUT ALSO THE ROOF OF THE EASTERN, AND DECIDEDLY ITALIANATE, PORTION OF THE FACADE. The ironwork was produced by the Lanyon Foundry in Mineral Point. THE THIRD STORY OF THE TOWER IS SHINGLED, AND FURTHER DISTINGUISHED BY A SEGMENTAL ARCH OPENING. BARGEBOARDS AND A GABLE PENDANT DESIGN THE OPEN GABLE END ON THE FACADE. LARGE WOODEN LINTELS APPEAR ABOVE THE FIRST STORY WEST WINDOWS. CORNICE RETURNS APPEAR ON THE EAST ELEVATION. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: DAVID JACKA, FROM 1870 TO 1890; THE HEIRS OF DAVID JACKA, FROM 1895 TO 1915; AND MRS. ARTHER IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). David Jacka operated a feed and grain business and owned a general store and warehouses. |
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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. 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 |