Property Record
209 5TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | OTTER, CHRIS HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52080 |
| Location (Address): | 209 5TH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1867 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mineral Point Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/30/1971 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | THIS TWO-STORY HOUSE FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-COVERED GABLE ROOF. THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING IS ACTUALLY ON FIFTH STREET (WITH AN S ORIENTATION). A TRANSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS SURROUND THE FRONT DOOR. TO THE RIGHT OF THIS ENTRANCE APPEARS A SMALL STAINED GLASS WINDOW. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN 1867 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THIER ASSOCIATION INCLUDE CHRIS OTTER, FROM 1868 TO 1890, AND PETER RINK, FROM 1900 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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| 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. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, PLATEVILLE, WI. B. MINERAL POINT GUIDE. MINERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIEETY, N.D. C. FRANK HUMBERSTONE, JR. AND ANNE D. JENKIN, THE HOMES OF MINERAL POINT. MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN. CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY. MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND LOCAL HISTORY. G. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |