Property Record
104 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARTIN & TOAY HARDWARE STORE |
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| Other Name: | MINERAL POINT MEDICAL CENTER |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59265 |
| Location (Address): | 104 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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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 ITALIANATE RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1897. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD AND METAL TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. THE ELABORATE CORNICE IS DESIGNED WITH DENTIL TRIM AND FLUTED COLUMNS. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE SECOND STORY OF THE FACADE ARE TWO, RECTANGULAR SHAPED BAY WINDOWS. A SIMILARLY DESIGNED, SECOND-STORY BAY WINDOW APPEARS ON THE SIDE FACE AS WELL. ATTACHED AT THE REAR AND FRONTING FOUNTAIN STREET IS A LARGE, TWO STORY BRICK ADDITION. (SEE PHOTO CODE IA 15/4). IT WAS BUILT ON THE REMAINS OF AN EARLIER 1877 STONE BUILDING WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN A FIRE OCCURRING IN 1897. (SEE BIB. REF. C). CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ADDITION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1900 AND 1908. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE HISTORIC NAMES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MARTIN AND TOAY HARDWARE STORE; AND THE N. T. MARTIN BUILDING. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE HARDWARE STORE CONDUCTED BUSINESS AT THIS SITE FROM 1897 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANKMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Built by N.T. Martin and James Toay to replace their hardware store that was destroyed in the fire of 1897. Both Martin and Toay were born in Mineral Point. Toay's father came from Cornwall and was the mason in partnership with Philip Allen, Sr. Businesses at this location were Martin and Toay Hardware; W.J. Morgan, Dentist; N.T. Martin Hardware; Russell Dairy; Argall Dairy; and Mineral Point Medical Center." -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. IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 6 MAY 1897 [FIRE]; 17 JUNE 1897; 23 SEPTEMBER 1897; MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). B. SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1900, 1908, 1915, 1929). C. MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, 6 APRIL 1877; 22 JUNE 1877; 17 MAY 1878; IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 6 MAY 1897. Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. 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 |