Property Record
402 DOTY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WASLEY, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56845 |
| Location (Address): | 402 DOTY ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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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 TWO STORY GOTHIC REVIVAL HOUSE FEATURES A CROSS-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURAION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPAHLT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE GABLE ORNAMENTS AND BARGEBOARD BRACKETS ADORN THE UPPER STORY OF THE STREET-FACING OPEN GABLE END. SPINDLED BRACKETS LINE THE HIP ROOF OF A THREE-SIDED BAY WINDOW. IT APPEARS IN THE OPEN GABLE END, ON THE FIRST STORY. PROMINENT MOLDINGS ARE PRESENT ON MANY OF THE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE DWELLING. VISIBLE AT THE CORNER OF THE FACADE IS A PORCH, SUPPORTED BY SQUARED, BRACKETED POSTS. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1883. (SEE BIB. REF. A). AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE FROM 1885 TO 1890 WAS JOHN WASLEY. (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." 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |