Property Record
511 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | LANYON, SAMUEL HOUSE |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 58798 |
Location (Address): | 511 FRONT ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Mineral Point |
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Year Built: | 1906 |
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Survey Date: | 19821993 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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 AND A HALF STORY QUEEN ANNE STYLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1906. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR AND A WOOD TRIM. THE ASPHALT SHINGLED TRUNCATED HIP ROOF HAS SLIGHTLY FLARED EAVES. INTERSECTING THE ROOF AT THE FRONT IN THE ATTIC STORY IS A PEDIMENTED GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE SHINGLES AND A PENT ROOF EMBELLISH THIS PEDIMENT. A WIDE STRING COURSE OF WOOD SHINGLES VISUALLY SEPARATES THE FIRST FROM THE SECOND STORY. THE ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH A HIP ROOF AND A SHINGLED PEDIMENT. LEADED GLASS, FRIEZE BOARDS, CORNER BOARDS, A BRICK CHIMNEY, A BAY WINDOW, AND BRACKETED CHAMFERED CORNERS ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON THIS DWELLING. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. SAMUEL LANYON WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE IN 1910. (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. 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 |