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Roughly bounded by Ross, Shake Rag, 9th, and Bend Sts.

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Mineral Point Historic District
Reference Number: 71000037
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1126 WI QQ, E of jct. with WI 39

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Spensley Farm
Reference Number: 97000330
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Roughly bounded by STH 23, Copper, Dodge, and Shake Rag Sts.

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Mineral Point Hill
Reference Number: 72000054
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114 Shake Rag St

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Pendarvis
Reference Number: 71000038
Feature Story

Apartment Conversion of Historic School Maintains Charm

Mineral Point High School, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
A 1903 high School's special Richardsonian Romanesque historic details are maintained. Lockers were left in place in the original wide corridors and b
Field Trip or Tour

Pendarvis Field Trip

Pendarvis - a historic site
Learn about the lives of immigrant Cornish miners in the 1830s and 1840s during the Wisconsin Territory's lead-mining boom.
Photograph

Washburn and Woodman Bank

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building, erected by C.C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman. The bank was established in 1846 and operate...
Photograph

Aerial View

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial photograph taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and...
Photograph

Factory site

Date: 1925
Description: Empty field with Mineral Point in the background taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emph...
Photograph

Vacant Factory Building

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior shot of a vacant factory building with a car parked in front taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economi...
Photograph

Pendarvis and Trelawny

Date: 1945
Description: Pendarvis and Trelawny, Cornish miners' houses on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1960
Description: View of businesses on High Street, including the Rexall Drugstore on the left corner. One can also see a glimpse of the City Hall, directly across the stre...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Mineral Point

Date: 1872
Description: Bird's-eye map of Mineral Point, looking southeast.
Photograph

CMSP Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #240, a type 4-4-0. On the right is a steep, rocky bank, ...
Photograph

Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Mineral Point

Date: 1840
Description: A hand-drawn plat map of Mineral Point, Wisconsin showing street layout and location of buildings.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of Mineral Point Mining Co.'s Mine

Date: 1850
Description: Lithograph of a map drawn to indicate a mine on land owned by Mineral Point Mining Co. in the lead region of southwestern Wisconsin.
Drawing

Mineral Point Business District

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of a building owned by the Rodolf family along a commercial street.
Drawing

Stone House

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of a stone house with a porch the full length of the dwelling, supported by 6 columns.
Drawing

Mineral Point Buildings

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of buildings, including the Post Office.

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