Property Record
216 DAVIS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. MARY'S GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56507 |
| Location (Address): | 216 DAVIS ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Additions: | 1935 1961 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 TWO AND A HALF-STORY SCHOOL FEATURES A CROSS-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. CENTERED ON THE ROOF TOP IS A DETAILED CUPOLA, LOCATED AT THE POINT AT WHICH EACH GABLE INTERSECTS. EAVE RETURNS AND CORNICE BOARDS EMBELLISH THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. PROMINENT STONE LINTELS AND SILLS APPEAR ON MOST OF THE WINDOWS. ENZENROTH AND ELLERY BUILT THIS STRUCTURE IN 1904. (SEE BIB. REF. E). IT IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING IS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE ST. MARY'S GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL. (SEE BIB. REF. G). ITS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN MINERAL POINT. (SEE BIB. REF. E). THIS SCHOOL FUNCTIONED FROM 1904 TO 1962. (SEE BIB. REF. E). This building included living quarters for the nuns. In 1935, the parish schools of St. Mary's and St. Paul were united in this building. |
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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 SOCEITY, 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. ARCHITECTURE: H. IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 7 APRIL 1904, 7 JULY 1904, AND 19 JANUARY 1905. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |