Property Record
417 WISCONSIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PENHALLEGON, ALFRED HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 64586 |
| Location (Address): | 417 WISCONSIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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. 1895 (See Bib. Ref. A), this two-story Queen Anne styled house features a rectangular shaped plan configuration, an even stone foundation, a clapboard exterior, a wood trim, and an asphalt shinlged hip roof. Intersecting with the main roof in the front is an attic-story gabled dormer, designed with a pent roof. A string course of decorative fishscale shingles continues all along the house, visually separating the first form the second story. A two-story three sided bay appears at the side elevation. The open designed front porch has its shed roof supported by slender Tuscan columns. A transom window appears above the front door. The building is in good condition. Individuals associated with this dwelling and the dates of their assoications include the following: Alfred Penhallegon, from 1895 to 1900; and Walter Benson, from 1905 to 1925. (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, in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |