Property Record
807 CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DAVIS, W.J. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 55653 |
| Location (Address): | 807 CENTER ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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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 ONE-STORY HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CONCRETE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. THE WRAP AROUND PORCH, WITH ITS DECORATIVE SQUARED POSTS AND BALUSTRADES, IS A DOMINATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT. THE FRONT DOOR HAS A TRANSOM. OVERALL, THE RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN C. 1900 (SEE BIB. REF. A, F), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ALSO LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY IS AN OLD BARN WHICH SERVES AS A GARAGE. NO INTENSIVE SURVEY FURTHER DESCRIBES THIS PARTICUALR STRUCTURE. W. J. DAVIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING 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, 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: FOUNDATION PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN." CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BOIGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL PIONT, 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 INSRUANCE 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 |