Property Record
106 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LUMAN STRONG HOUSE/ORVILLE STRONG HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 50275 |
| Location (Address): | 106 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Dodgeville |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Additions: | 1867 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS TWO-STORY HOUSE IS DESIGNED WITH A RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR AND A GABLE ROOF. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES INCLUDE PAIRED EAVE-LINE BRACKETS, PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS, AND A CLASSICALLY DETAILED, FRONT ENTRY PORTICO, COMPLETE WITH A TRANSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS. BUILT BETWEEN 1865 AND 1867, WITH ADDITIONS MADE SUBSEQUENTLY, THIS RESIDENCE IS PRESENTLY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. (SEE BIB. REF. A, B). ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE WERE LUMAN STRONG IN THE YEAR 1867 AND ORVILLE STRONG FROM THE YEARS 1867 TO C. 1899. (SEE BIB. REF. A, C). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LUMAN STRONG (1803-1867) WAS BORN IN VERMONT BUT SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS IN OHIO. HE LATER MOVED TO IOWA WHERE HE PURCHASED A PARCEL OF LAND WHICH BECAME THE SITE OF THE CITY OF MARION. IN THAT COMMUNITY HE SERVED AS THE FIRST POSTMASTER AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STATE'S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. IN 1848, STRONG MOVED TO IOWA COUNTY AND COMBINED FARMING WITH TRANSPORTING LEAD BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND AND THE CITY OF GALENA, ILLINIOS. FOUR YEARS LATER HE WAS ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND SUBSEQUENTLY SETTLED HIS FAMILY IN HIGHLAND WHERE HE WAS ELECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND SERVED AS POSTMASTER. THE AMBITIOUS STRONG ALSO COMPLETED HIS STUDY OF THE LAW AT THIS TIME AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN 1852. IN 1854, STRONG WAS ELECTED COUNTY JUDGE AND RE-ELECTED IN 1857, SERVING A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS. DURING THIS PERIOD HE ESTABLISHED HIS HOME IN DODGEVILLE. IN 1865 STRONG WAS AGAIN ELECTED COUNTY JUDGE AND OCCUPIED THAT POSITION UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1867. (SEE BIB. REF. C, D). ORVILLE STRONG OCCUPIED THIS HOME AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH AND UNTIL A NEW RESIDENCE, LOCATED JUST SOUTH (202 W. DIVISION STREET, 44/23) WAS COMPLETED IN 1899. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. TAX ASSESSMENT RECORD, CITY OF DODGEVILLE, AREA RESEARCH CENTER, UW-PLATTEVILLE. B. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 3 DECEMBER 1867. C. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF ROCK, GREEN, GRANT, IOWA, AND LAFAYETTE, WISOCNSIN (CHICAGO: J.H. BEERS & CO., 1901), PP. 636-37. D. GEORGE AND ROBERT M. CRAWFORD, EDS. MEMOIRS OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 2 VOLS, (CHICAGO: NORTHWESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 1913), 2:97. E. WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, DODGEVILLE HISTROIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |