Property Record
731 CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GRANGE, WILLIAM HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 55647 |
| Location (Address): | 731 CENTER ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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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 LARGE, TWO-STORY HOUSE FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. SEGMENTALLY-ARCHED AND CARVED LINTELS EMBELLISH THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. A FRONT PORCH, DECORATED BY TURNED POSTS, SHELTERS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE. DELICATE TRIM IS USED BENEATH THE GUTTERS ON THE PORCH ROOF. EAVE-LINE BRACKETS APPEAR ON THE OPEN END OF THE MAIN GABLE. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1887 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE WILLIAM GRANGE IN 1890; THOMAS TREWELLING IN 1890; AND WILLIAM McNEIL FROM 1900 TO 1903. (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, PLATTEVILLE, WI. B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE." MINERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 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 |