Property Record
505 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Curtis Beech House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58793 |
| Location (Address): | 505 FRONT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1849 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1849. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD AND STONE TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. STONE LINTELS AND SILLS DISTINGUISH THE SIX-OVER-SIX WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY AND THE TWO-OVER-TWO WINDOWS ON THE FIRST. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE FACADE IS A PORCH; TUSCAN COLUMNS SUPPORT ITS SHED ROOF AND BALUSTRADED RAILINGS ADD DECORATIVE DETAIL. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: CURTIS BEECH, FROM 1850 TO 1868; JOHN W. SHERWOOD, FROM 1871 TO 1885; MRS. S.D. TERRILL IN 1890; LAURA COBB IN 1895; AND GEORGE LINDSEY AND HIS HEIRS, FROM 1905 TO 1925. Beech, a native of New York, came to Mineral Point in 1836. He operated a business in town for several years before he entered mining. Beech and his partner, W.J. Tilley, mined and smelted copper. [I] |
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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. 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. H. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. I. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |