Property Record
103 S UNION ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 50375 |
| Location (Address): | 103 S UNION ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Dodgeville |
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| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Additions: | 1899 |
| Survey Date: | 19842014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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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 FEATURES A RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR AND A GABLE ROOF. PROMINENT MOLDINGS ADORN THE WINDOWS. A PORCH IS ALSO LOCATED TO THE REAR. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT BETWEEN 1894 AND 1899 (SEE BIB. REF. A) AND IS NOW USED AS APARTMENTS, IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. 2014 This two-story vernacular house was built between 1894 and 1899 and converted into a duplex between 1899 and 1905.(1) It is of frame construction, sheathed in clapboard, and stands on a masonry foundation. The side gable saltbox roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features a simple frieze board. The primary (north) facade has two main entrance doorways, though the western most door is missing its decorative moulding. Both doors are modern replacements. Windows are replacement one-over-one, double-hung sash that retain their simple decorative moldings. Window placement on the facade is symmetrical. A porch support by replacement square wood columns extends the length of the south (rear) elevation. The south elevation also has two entranceways with modern replacement doors. Windows on this elevation are one-over-one replacements. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1894, 1899 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. 2014 (1) Sanborn-Perris Map Company, “Dodgeville, 1894” (New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd., 1894), http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/maps/id/4276/rec/206 (accessed 3 June 2014); Sanborn-Perris Company, “Dodgeville 1899,” (New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd., 1899), http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/maps/id/4281/rec/207 (accessed 3 June 2014). "Architecture/History Survey of State Trunk Highway (STH) 191 from Iowa Street to Diamond Oaks Drive, Dodgeville, Iowa County, WI. May 2014. WHS Project #15-0499, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |