Property Record
134 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | P. LENAHAN & BROTHER DRY GOODS & HARDWARE STORE |
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| Other Name: | WEDDING WORLD |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59272 |
| Location (Address): | 134 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1859 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Sandstone |
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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, COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1859. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. THE SIX-OVER-SIX WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY ARE ADORNED BY STONE LINTELS AND AN IRON BALCONY. THE BUILDING WAS PROBABLY RECONSTRUCTED IN 1862 AFTER IT WAS DAMAGED BY A FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE SAME YEAR. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE HISTORIC NAMES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: P. LENAHAN AND BROTHER DRY GOODS AND HARDWARE STORE; AND THE LENAHAN BROTHERS BUILDING. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE GENERAL STORE CONDUCTED BUSINESS AT THIS SITE FROM 1859 TO 1871. (SEE BIB. REF. A). OTHER VENTURES TO HAVE OCCUPIED THE STRUCTURE WERE A HARDWARE STORE IN 1884, A SALOON IN 1894, THE BEN JACKA MEATS STORE IN 1917, AND THE CLYDE BATCHELOR BUILDING IN 1924. THE SITE IS ASSOCATED WITH COMMERCE FROM 1859 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. A). RELATED TO 134 HIGH STREET IS 138 HIGH STREET (MAP CODE 14/27A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT. |
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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 TRIBUNE," 28 JUNE 1859; 8 DECEMBER 1859; 19 MARCH 1862; MINERAL PONT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); ABSTRACT OF PROPERTY, IN POSSESSION OF HARRY IVEY, MINERAL POINT, WI; TAYLOR AND WILLITS, MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY [MAP] (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS, 1871); T. S. ALLEN, "DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT," (MINERAL POINT: BLISS AND SON, 1859), P. 45. B. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 19 MARCH 1862 [FIRE]. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |