Property Record
502 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PENHALLEGON, W. JAMES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63154 |
| Location (Address): | 502 STATE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1878 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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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: | BUILT IN C. 1878 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS TWO-STORY HOUSE FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. ELABORATE BARGEBOARDS, A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE, EMBELLISH THE FRONT GABLE. EXTENDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FACADE IS A FULLY DETAILED, OPEN DESIGNED PORCH; TURNED POSTS SUPPORT ITS ROOF. PORCH BRACKETS ARE HIGHLY CARVED, AS IS THE CORNICE. A TIN ROOFED BAY WINDOW IS ATTACHED AT THE SOUTH ELEVATION. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. W. JAMES PENHALLEGON WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1880 TO 1890. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IN 1873, J LANYON OWNED THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WOULD LATER BE CONSTRUCTED. |
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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, WISCONISN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |