Property Record
417 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | OSBORNE, W. H. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58783 |
| Location (Address): | 417 FRONT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial 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 TWO STORY DUTCH COLONIAL REVIVAL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1904. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GAMBREL ROOF. A LARGE, GAMBREL ROOFED DORMER INTERSECTS WITH THE MAIN ROOF AT THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. DECORATIVE WOOD SHINGLES AND BRACKETS ADORN BOTH THIS DORMER AND THE STREET-FACING OPEN GAMBREL END. A FULL-LENTH FRONT PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH LONG, SLENDER TUSCAN COLUMNS. A SHINGLED, ROUNDED BAY APPEARS AT A SIDE WALL ON THE FIRST STORY. PROMINENT WINDOW AND DOOR SURROUNDS AND A BRICK CHIMNEY ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON THE DWELLING. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: W. H. OSBORNE, FROM 1910 TO 1915; AND WILLIAM HUNN IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). W. W. WILLIAMS OWNED THE PROPERTY IN 1905, BEFORE THE HOUSE WHICH NOW STANDS THERE WAS CONSTRUCTED. |
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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: MINEAL 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 SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILING 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 |