Property Record
219 DAVIS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ALBERT, OPIE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56644 |
| Location (Address): | 219 DAVIS ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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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 ONE AND A HALF-STORY BUNGALOW FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. INTERSECTING THE MAIN ROOF AT THE FRONT IS A LARGE, CENTERED, STUCCOED DORMER. APPEARING UNDER THE GABLED ROOF OF THIS DORMER ARE EXPOSED RAFTER ENDS AND EAVE-LINE BRACKETS. A ROW OF THREE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS ARE USED IN THE DORMER'S DESIGN AS WELL. ON THE LOWER STORY, UNDERNEATH THE DORMER IS A FULL-LENGTH FRONT PORCH. FLAIRED, SQUARE, BRICK POSTS ON BRICK BASES SUPPORT THE PORCH ROOF. THIS PORCH ROOF DISPLAYS EXPOSED RAFTER ENDS, JUST AS DOES THE DORMER ROOF. BRICK WALLS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE OPEN DESIGN OF THIS PORCH. THE CENTERED, FRONT ENTRANCE IS FLANKED ON EACH SIDE BY LARGE, FIVE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1920 (SEE BIB. REF. A, G), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. OPIE ALBERT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE 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." CHICHGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY." MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCEITY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BAASED 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 Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |