Property Record
327 MINERAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARTIN, THOMAS HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61348 |
| Location (Address): | 327 MINERAL ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 ONE-STORY SIDE GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1865. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. THE NEARLY FULL-LENGHT PORCH PROJECTS FORWARD ON THE FACADE. TUSCAN COLUMNS ON FILLED IN RAILINGS SUPPORT THE SHED ROOF OF THIS PORCH. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THOMAS MARTIN, FROM 1866 TO 1868; CALVERT SPENSLEY, FROM 1871 TO 1877; JOHN JACKSON, FROM 1885 TO 1905; AND WILLIAM ROTHE, FROM 1910 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE PROPERTY, UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE NOW STANDS, WAS PART OF A MULTI LOT GROUP IN 1860. |
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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 |