Property Record
609 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MCILHON, CHARLES AND KATE HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | GORGEN FUNERAL HOME |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58005 |
| Location (Address): | 609 FOUNTAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Survey Date: | 19871993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 QUEEN ANNE STYLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1897. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, ALUMINUM/VINYL SIDED EXTERIOR WALLS, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. A STREET-FACING, TWO STORY THREE SIDED BAY IS CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY A GABLED ROOF. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE MAIN FACADE IS A GABLED PORCH, DESIGNED WITH THREE-OVER-ONE AND FOUR-OVER-ONE WINDOWS. A WAFFLE PATTERN RENDERED IN WOOD SHINGLES IS LOCATED IN THE PEDIMENT OF THE PORCH ROOF. ABOVE THIS PORCH IS A GABLED BALCONY; IT IS ELABORATELY FESTOONED WITH SPINDLES, BRACKETS, TURNED POSTS, AND RAILINGS. WOOD SHINGLES AND BARGEBOARDS ADORN THE OPEN GABLED END THIS BALCONY'S ROOF. A SECOND STORY ADDITION WAS MADE TO THE DWELLING AFTER 1982. THE RESIDENDCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE FROM 1900 TO 1925 WERE KATE AND CHARLES MCILHON. (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 SLETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY." MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHHITECTURAL 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 |