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232 HIGH ST

Historic Name:
HENRY S. CLAUER DRY GOODS AND GROCERY STORE

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Reference Number:
71463

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Property Location

Location (Address)

232 HIGH ST

County

Iowa

City/Village

Mineral Point

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1866

Additions

Survey Date

1982,2026

Historic Use

small retail building

Architectural Style

Commercial Vernacular

Structural System

Wall Material

Stone - Unspecified

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

DESIGNED IN THE COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR STYLE, THIS TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTURUCTED IN 1866. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM, AND A FLAT ROOF. SMALL, PROJECTING WINDOW LINTELS DISTINGUISH THE SECOND-STORY ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS. THESE LINTELS ARE SIMILAR IN FORM TO THE ONES LOCATED ON THE ADJACENT AND RELATED BUILDING, AT 222 HIGH STREET, (SEE PHOTO CODE 43/26). 232 HIGH STREET IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING (232 HIGH) WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE H. S. CLAUER DRY GOODS AND GROCERY STORE. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE GROCERY BUSINESS EXISTED AT THIS SITE FROM 1866 TO 1894. (SEE BIB. REF. A). OTHER COMMERCIAL VENTURES LOCATED AT 232 HIGH STREET INCLUDED THE MR. MURROUGH AND DOYLE GROCERY IN 1917, AND THE DOYLE BROS. BUSINESS IN 1924. 2012- "Built by Henry S. Clauer, a dry goods merchant who came from Bavaria in 1853. Charles Gale established a grocery business in this building in 1884. A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Gale previously had been a merchant in Darlington and the agent for the Mineral Point Railroad. The building originally had projecting hoods over each window and a decorative cornice topped by a finial. The cornice fell to the street in 1912, killing a passerby. The window hoods were replaced with flat concrete lintels and the storefront was severely altered some time after 1970. Also known as the NeCollins building, other businesses at this location were Gale's Cash Grocery; B.J.Coykendall, dentist; McMurrough & Doyle Grocery; Sam Mead's second store; and Town and Coutry shop." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. Survey Update of the Mineral Point Historic District - Phase 1. 2026. Legacy Architecture, Inc.

Bibliographic References

A. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 9 MAY 1866, 8 AUGUST 1866; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANOBRN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI., (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 6 JANUARY 1869; TAYLOR AND WILLITS, MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY [MAP] (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS, 1871).

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Contributing

Yes

small retail building Commercial Vernacular

Iowa
County

Mineral Point
Community

1860-1869
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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Located in Mineral Point, Iowa County

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