Property Record
530 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BENSON, RICHARD HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58001 |
| Location (Address): | 530 FOUNTAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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 AND A HALF STORY QUEEN ANNE STYLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1901. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR WALLS, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHLAT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. PROJECTING OFF THE MAIN FACADE IS A TWO STORY, THREE SIDED BAY, WHICH IS CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY A PEDIMENTED GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE FISHSCALE SHINGLES ADORN THIS PEDIMENT. CARVED BRACKETS WITH SPINDLES AND PENDANTS APPEAR IN THE SECOND STORY CORNERS ON THE FRONT BAY. EXTENDING ACROSS THE FACADE IS A FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH, WHOSE FLAT ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY SLENDER TUSCAN COLUMNS. A CONCRETE PATIO IS LOCATED AT THE REAR. FRIEZE BOARDS, CORNER BOARDS, AND ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS FURTHER DISTINGUISH THIS DWELLING. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: RICHARD BENSON IN 1903; GEORGE ALTON FROM 1905 TO 1915; AND MARTHA ALTON 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." CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY." MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCEITY 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 |