Property Record
808 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | GRIBBLE, EDWARD HOUSE |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 58011 |
Location (Address): | 808 FOUNTAIN ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Mineral Point |
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Year Built: | 1905 |
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Survey Date: | 19821993 |
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 AND A HALF STORY QUEEN ANNE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1905. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AN AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK COMPRISES THE FOUNDATION, ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS DWELLING. TWO STORY, THREE SIDED BAYS - ONE AT THE FRONT AND ONE AT THE SIDE - ARE CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY A GABLE ROOF. PENT ROOFED CORNICE RETURNS ADORN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. LEADED GLASS APPEARS IN THE FIRST STORY BAY WINDOWS AND ON THE WINDOW SHELTERED BY THE FRONT PORCH. THIS FRONT PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH COLUMNS AND BALUSTRADED RAILINGS. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING IN 1915 WAS EDWARD GRIBBLE. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IN 1900, THE LAND UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WAS LATER BUILT WAS PART OF A MULTI LOT PARCEL. |
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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. 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 |