Property Record
242 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Gorgen Grocery and Meat Market |
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| Other Name: | FELDERMAN HARDWARE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59713 |
| Location (Address): | 242 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | grocery store/supermarket |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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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 COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR AND ITALIANATE STYLES, THIS TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, LIMESTONE EXTERIOR WALLS, A METAL AND STONE TRIM AND A HIP ROOF. THE LARGE, BRACKETED CORNICE IS ACCENTED FROM ABOVE BY A SIMILARLY-BRACKETED, TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT. EMBELLISHING THE ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY ARE STRAIGNT STONE LINTELS AND SILLS, WHICH WERE COMPOSED OF LIMESTONE GATHERED FROM THE GORGEN QUARRY. THIS STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. HISTORCIALLY KNOWN AS THE GORGEN GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET, THIS BUILDING WAS HOME TO A GROCERY BUSINESS FROM 1907 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. A). Gorgen's parents came from Germany in 1840; John was born in Wisconsin in 1848. In 1873, he left the family farm to work and attend school in Mineral Point. [C] THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Built in 1907 by John Gorgen who was born ihn Germany and came to the Mineral Point area with his parents at the age of 8. The stone used to construct this building was from the Gorgen quarry. This building replaced a frame structure that had been on the site since the 1840s. The previous building was the original location of the Mineral Point Tribune newspaper and also housed, at various times, Hosking's photograph galllery; Miss Werne, Millinery; Mrs. Burn's Delicatessen ice Cream and Luncheon Parlors; Henry Price, tail; and J. Dresen & Co., Tailors, among other early Mineral Point businesses. This building was originally the location of Gorgen's grocery and meat market and the Commercial Club, on the 2nd floor. Later it was the site of Mead's Grocery, Doyle Brother' Grocery, then Burgess Battery, active during World War II. It also housed Felderman hardware, Ridnour's High Street Commons, and, more recently, the Bargain Nook." -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," 18 OCTOBER 1906, 18 APRIL 1907; MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1930; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI., (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); BUILDING INSCRIPTION; "1907." B. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. C. 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 |