136 HIGH ST

136 HIGH ST

Iowa

Mineral Point

1853

1862

1982,1993,2026

small retail building

Commercial Vernacular

Stone - Unspecified

No

THIS TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1853. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. STONE LINTELS DISTINGUISH THE REPLACED ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS IN THE SECOND STORY. THE STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN 1862, WAS PROBABLY REBUILT BY THE LENAHAN BROTHERS IN 1862. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS STRUCTURE, KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE PATRIC O'DOWD GROCERY STORE AND AS THE LENAHAN BROTHERS BUILDING, HOUSED MANY DIFFERENT BUSINESS VENTURES OVER THE YEARS. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THESE VENTURES INCLUDED A GROCERY AND GENERAL STORE, WHICH OPERATED AT THIS SITE FROM 1862 TO 1871, A SALOON, WHICH WAS THERE FROM 1894 TO 1900, PETER'S RESTAURANT, WHICH OCCUPIED THE SPACE IN 1917, AND THE BEN JACKA MARKET, WHICH EXISTED THERE IN 1924. 138 HIGH STREET HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH COMMERCE EVER SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1853. IT IS RELATED TO ITS NEIGHBOR, AT 134 HIGH STREET (MAP CODE 14/27). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 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," 12 MAY 1853, 27 JULY 1854, 19 MARCH 1862 (FIRE); MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN CO., 1884-1929). B. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 19 MARCH 1862; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).

Mineral Point Historic District

Jul 30, 1971

Jan 01, 1989

Yes

Sep 1, 1994