Property Record
406 DOTY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ernest C. Fiedler House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56846 |
| Location (Address): | 406 DOTY ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Hopkins, D.S. |
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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 QUEEN ANNE STYLED RESIDENCE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A (RUSTICATED) LIMESTONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. PROJECTING FROM THE MAIN ROOF IS A GABLED DORMER; IT IS DESIGNED WITH SHINGLES IN THE OPEN GABLE END AND TINY COLUMNS WHICH FLANK THE WINDOW. A TWO STORY TURRET WITH A CONICAL ROOF IS VISIBLE AT THE CORNER OF THE FACADE. AN APPLIQUED WAFFLE PATTERN IS RENDERED IN WOOD ON THE TURRET. THE WRAP-AROUND FRONT PORCH HAS ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY WROUGHT IRON POSTS. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE: ERNEST C. FIEDLER, FROM 1910 TO 1915; AND KATHERINE GREENWOOD IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). Fiedler's son, John, was an actor and starred with Henry Fonda in "Twelve Angry Men" and later in the "Bob Newhart Show." His younger son, George, became a judge and wrote Mineral Point, A History, in 1965. [I] Plans came from an 1893 mail order catalog by architect D.S. Hopkins of Grand Rapids, MI. Nearly identical to the Ulrich Von Wald House at 1219 Ash Street in Baraboo. |
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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 RESERCH 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 ARECHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. H. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours brochure, 2000. I. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |