Property Record
819 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JONES, J.L. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58015 |
| Location (Address): | 819 FOUNTAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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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 AND A HALF STORY GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1850. (SEE BIB. REF. F). SIDE GABLED IN FORM AND RECTANGULAR IN PLAN, THE BUILDING FEATURES A STONE FOUNDATION, CLAPBOARDED EXTERIOR WALLS, A WOODEN TRIM, AND A WOOD SHINGLED, GABLE AND SHED ROOF. THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS DETAILED WITH A PROMINENTLY CARVED DOOR SURROUND, DESIGNED WITH PILASTERS AND A MOLDED CORNICE. LARGE, EIGHT-OVER-EIGHT WINDOWS ARE SITUATED SO THAT ONE FLANKS EACH SIDE OF THE FRONT DOOR. A LEAN-TO ADDITION IS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS AND MONITOR WINDOWS FURTHER DISTINGUISH THIS HOUSE. A GARAGE IS FOUND AT 819A FOUNTAIN STREET (SEE IA 31/29); IT WAS POSSIBLY MOVED HERE FROM ANOTHER LOCATION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MICHAEL DEMUTH IN 1868; J. L. JONES, FROM 1875 TO 1880; MARY GOELZ IN 1895; SIDNEY GUTTENSTEIN IN 1900; AND MYRON JACOBS, FROM 1903 TO 1905. (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. BUTTERFILED, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN." CHICAGO: WESTERN HISOTRICAL 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 ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |