Property Record
918 CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CARKEET, RICHARD HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 55673 |
| Location (Address): | 918 CENTER ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
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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 ONE STORY, SIDE-GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. A FANLIGHT AND SIDELIGHTS SURROUND THE MAIN ENTRANCE. PRONOUNCED, KEYSTONE ARCH LINTELS ADORN THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. A GREENHOUSE ADDITION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED ADDITION AT THE REAR, AND AN ATTACHED ALUMINUM SIDED GARAGE ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1870 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: RICHARD CARKEET, FROM 1868 TO 1880; JOHN CROWLEY AND HIS HEIRS, FROM 1885 TO 1915; AND WILLIAM JELLIFSE, IN 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, 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 FLEDLER, "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 |