Property Record
151 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LOUISA MINER BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | H AND H COUNTRY STORE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59667 |
| Location (Address): | 151 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Additions: | 1875 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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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: | DESIGNED IN THE ITALIANATE STYLE, THIS TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1874 AND 1875. IT FEATURES A RECTNAGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. THE ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM ABOVE BY STONE WINDOW HOODS WITH KEYSTONE ACCENTS, AND FROM BELOW BY STONE SILLS. A WOODEN BALCONY, WHICH HAD ONCE APPEARED ABOVE A REMODELED STOREFRONT, AND A PROJECTING ITALIANATE CORNICE, WHICH WAS ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING, HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (SEE BIB. REF. B). SITUATED AT THE REAR IS A LARGE, CONTEMPORARY, CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK ADDITION. THE ALTERED STOREFRONT AND OTHER CHANGES HAVE NOT AFFECTED THE STRUCTURE'S OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. THE MRS. LOUISE MINER BUILDING, THE HISTORIC NAME OF THIS STRUCTURE, WAS THE SITE FOR A SALOON BUSINESS FROM 1884 TO 1894. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Born in Mineral Point, Morris J. Minor married Kittie Sterling whose sister Virginia was the wife of Richard Gundry, son of Joseph and Sarah Gundry. M. J. Minor was teh proprietor of several successful businesses, including an ice house. In addition to Minor's saloon, the building has housed Duppler's Sample Room; Mat Kieffer's Saloon; W. H. Mitchell Jr. Billiards; H and H County Store; Berg TV & Appliance; Felderman's' Craft Lady; The Bargain Nook; and the Mineral Point Collection." -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, 1840-1930; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI., (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). **THE CONSTRUCTION DATE OF THIS BUILDING REMAINS UNCLEAR. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED SOMETIME BEFORE THE FIRST SANBORN MAP IN 1884, AND AFTER THE ADJACENT BUILDING AT 151 HIGH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1866. B. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH FILES, MINERAL POINT ROOM, MINERAL POINT LIBRARY, MINERAL POINT, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |