Property Record
RFD 1
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THOMAS JONES BLACKSMITH SHOP |
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| Other Name: | TOM LAWINGER FARM |
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| Reference Number: | 46851 |
| Location (Address): | RFD 1 |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Mifflin |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 4 |
| Range: | 1 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 14 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | blacksmith shop |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. A SIMPLE FRONT-GABLED STRUCTURE WITH A GROUND LEVEL DOOR AT ONE END, A RAISED DOOR AT THE OPPOSITE. A SIX OVER SIX WINDOW IS THE ONLY OTHER OPENING ON THIS UTILITARIAN BUILDING. ACCORDING TO A LOCAL RESIDENT, THIS WAS THE "FIRST BUSINESS OF JONES, WHO LATER FOUNDED MINERAL POINT ZINC FURNACE COMPANY, ON [THE] OLD STAGE ROUTE." |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |