309 FRONT ST

309 FRONT ST

Iowa

Mineral Point

1854

1996

1982,1993,2026

house

Italianate

Brick

No

THIS TWO STORY, HIGH VICTORIAN ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1854. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A T-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, BRICK EXTERIOR WALLS, A WOOD TRIM, AND SHINGLED, MULTI-GABLE ROOFS. RISING ABOVE THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS A SQUARE SHAPED, HIP ROOFED TOWER. WOODEN BRACKETED EAVES APPEAR UNDER THE EAVES OF BOTH THE MAIN ROOFS AND THE TOWER ROOF. AN OPEN-DESIGNED FRONT PORCH HAS A HIP ROOF SUPPORTED BY INTRICATELY CARVED AND BRACKETED POSTS. DENTIL TRIM FURTHER DETAILS THE PORCH CORNICE. STONE LINTELS AND SILLS EMBELLISH THE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE DWELLING. A HIP ROOFED, SQUARE BAY WINDOW - DISTINGUISHED BY BRACKETS UNDER THE EAVES AND MOLDED WINDOW SURROUNDS - IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST STORY OF THE STREET-FACING OPEN GABLE END. AN IRON FENCE WHICH RUNS ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDRY IN THE FRONT WAS ERECTED IN 1890; IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY BARBED WIRE WORKS OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: WILLIAM LANYON SR., FROM 1853 TO 1900; AND SIMON LANYON, IN 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A). WILLIAM LANYON, SR. WAS THE FOUNDER OF A LOCAL IRON FOUNDRY in 1848; ERGO, HE WAS A FOUNDRY FOUNDER. When he came to Mineral Point from Cornwall in 1840, he began working as a blacksmith and machinist. He then moved into the hardware, stove, and tinware business. [D&E] Survey Update of the Mineral Point Historic District - Phase 1. 2026. Legacy Architecture, Inc.

“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. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 3 JANUARY 1855; MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1910; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1889-1929); TAYLOR AND WILLITS, CITY OF MINERAL POINT [MAP], (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS PUBLISHING CO., 1871); FRANK HUMBERSTONE AND ANNE JENKIN, "HOMES OF MINERAL POINT." (MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976). B. "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 9 MAY 1890, 16 MAY 1890. C. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. D. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. E. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated.

Mineral Point Historic District

Jul 30, 1971

Jan 01, 1989

Yes

Sep 1, 1994