Property Record
19 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SHELL GAS STATION AND GARAGE |
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| Other Name: | MARR'S SHELL SERVICE STATION |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59253 |
| Location (Address): | 19 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1937 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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 STORY SERVICE STATION/GAS STATION WAS BUILT IN 1937. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR AND A FLAT ROOF. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE STONE IVERY BUILDING, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1865. THE SERVICE STATION IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS THE SHELL GAS STATION AND GARAGE, AND AS THE GEORGE PHILLIPS BUILDING. (SEE BIB. REF. B). IT WAS USED AS A FILLING STATION IN 1937. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARKS DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "The original two story building, a harness shop, was replaced by a gas station in 1936. In 2006 the gas station was extensively reconfigured with several original architectural details removed and others added. The stone wall marking the corner of the property, the street clock, and the plaza in front of the building with its prairie plantings date from the 2006 remodeling." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. |
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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. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1935; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 6 SEPTEMBER 1937; GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINEAL POINT, WI., MINERAL POINT, 2 MAY 1992. B. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 26 JULY 1865, 25 OCTOBER 1865, 15 NOVEMBER 1865; MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1935; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |