Property Record
235 DAVIS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Bracken House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56655 |
| Location (Address): | 235 DAVIS ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1846 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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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 AND A HALF STORY GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A LIMESTONE EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. TWO CHIMNEYS, EACH APPEARING NEAR EITHER GABLE END, ADD A SYMMETRICAL QUALITY. CORNICE RETURNS IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS, EAVE-LINE DENTILS AND A MOLDED CORNICE ARE ALSO PRESENT. PROMINENT STONE LINTELS AND PROJECTING SILLS ARE USED ON THE SIX-OVER-SIX WINDOWS. THE FEDERAL STYLED DOORWAY IS DESIGNED WITH A TRANSOM WINDOW, SIDELIGHTS AND A STONE LINTEL. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN 1846 (SEE BIB. REF. A, B), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN BRACKEN, FROM 1846 TO 1868; J. B. MOFFATT, FROM 1871 TO 1885; AND EMMA FITZ SIMONS FROM 1890 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A, B). Bracken was a tanner. [I] |
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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 RECORDS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESERCH 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. H. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. I. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |