Property Record
710 FAIR ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOLDSWORTHY, C.C. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 57076 |
| Location (Address): | 710 FAIR 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: | One Story Cube |
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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 CUBE FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE, CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. A CROSS GABLE ROOF INTERSECTS WITH THE MAIN ROOF AND HAS ITS OPEN GABLE END FACING THE STREET. DOUBLE WINDOWS WITH A PROMINENT MOLDING APPEAR IN THIS CROSS GABLE ON THE UPPER STORY. A NEARLY FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH HAS AN ENCLOSED DESIGN. CENTERED UPON THE HIPPED ROOF OF THIS PORCH IS A PEDIMENTED GABLE WITH AN UPSIDE DOWN SUNBURST. BRACKETS WITH A DENTIL EFFECT ARE PRESENT ON NOT ONLY THIS PEDIMENT BUT ALSO UNDERNEATH THE PORCH CORNICE. THE DWELLING, WHICH WAS BUILT IN C. 1900 (SEE BIB. REF. A, F), HAS HAD SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONS MADE TO IT. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: C. C. GOLDSWORTHY, FROM 1900 TO 1905; AND MARY BLOOM FROM 1910 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: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN." CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GOERGE 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 |