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19 HIGH ST

Historic Name:
SHELL OIL STATION

Other Name:
MARR'S SHELL SERVICE STATION

Reference Number:
59253

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Property Location

Location (Address)

19 HIGH ST

County

Iowa

City/Village

Mineral Point

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1937

Additions

Survey Date

1982,1993,2026

Historic Use

gas station/service station

Architectural Style

Other Vernacular

Structural System

Wall Material

Stone - Unspecified

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

THIS ONE STORY SERVICE STATION/GAS STATION WAS BUILT IN 1937. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR AND A FLAT ROOF. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE STONE IVERY BUILDING, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1865. THE SERVICE STATION IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS THE SHELL GAS STATION AND GARAGE, AND AS THE GEORGE PHILLIPS BUILDING. (SEE BIB. REF. B). IT WAS USED AS A FILLING STATION IN 1937. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARKS DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "The original two story building, a harness shop, was replaced by a gas station in 1936. In 2006 the gas station was extensively reconfigured with several original architectural details removed and others added. The stone wall marking the corner of the property, the street clock, and the plaza in front of the building with its prairie plantings date from the 2006 remodeling." Survey Update of the Mineral Point Historic District - Phase 1. 2026. Legacy Architecture, Inc. -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press.

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. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1935; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 6 SEPTEMBER 1937; GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINEAL POINT, WI., MINERAL POINT, 2 MAY 1992. B. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 26 JULY 1865, 25 OCTOBER 1865, 15 NOVEMBER 1865; MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1935; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929).

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Mineral Point Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Jul 30, 1971

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

Yes

Additional Documentation

Sep 1, 1994

gas station/service station Other Vernacular

Iowa
County

Mineral Point
Community

1930-1939
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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