Property Record
307 WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TERRY, JOHN B. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63909 |
| Location (Address): | 307 WASHINGTON ST |
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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: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek 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. 1845 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS TWO-STORY GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. THE STEEPLY PITCHED ROOF IS DOTTED BY CORBELLED BRICK CHIMNEYS. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE FACADE IS A OPEN DESIGNED PORCH WHOSE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY WROUGHT IRON POSTS. A PEDIMENT ON THE PORCH ROOF DISTINGUISHES THE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PORCH. STONE BLOCKS COMPRISE THE FOUNDATION BENEATH THE PORCH, WHILE IRREGULAR STONE COMPRISES IT BENEATH THE SIDE ELEVATIONS. THE DOUBLE DOORS OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE HAVE A PROMINENT CARVED LINTEL, AS DO THE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE FACADE. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN B. TERRY, FROM 1848 TO 1877; THE J. R. TERRY ESTATE, FROM 1885 TO 1890; AND J. W. HUTCHISON, FROM 1905 TO 1915. (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, MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |