Property Record
407 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LITTLE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58775 |
| Location (Address): | 407 FRONT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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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 ONE AND A HALF STORY BUNGALOW WAS BUILT IN 1907. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF AT THE FRONT IN THE UPPER STORY IS A PEDIMENTED AND PENT ROOFED GABLED DORMER. SHORT SQUARED POSTS ON WOODEN BASES APPEAR BENEATH THE CORNICE OF THIS PEDIMENT. A DECORATIVE RAILING FURTHER EMBELLISHES THIS DORMER. ON THE FIRST STORY A FRONT PORCH, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY IONIC COLUMNS, SHELTERS A SIDELIGHTED ENTRANCE. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MRS. LITTLE FROM 1910; AND S. E. AND S. C. LITTLE, FROM 1915 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IN 1905, BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, ALFRED PENHALLEGON OWNED THE PROPERTY. |
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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 MINEAL 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 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 |