| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office.
DESIGNED IN THE COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR STYLE, THIS THREE STORY HOTEL AND RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1853. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, STONE EXTERIOR WALLS, AN IRON AND STONE TRIM, AND A LOW-PITCHED GABLE ROOF. FLAT STONE LINTELS AND PROJECTING STONE SILLS ADORN THE ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWNS ON THE SECOND AND THIRD STORIES. WINDOWS FACING THE WEST ARE FILLED WITH GLASS BLOCK, AND A FORMER WINDOW ON THE THIRD STORY WAS CONVERTED INTO A DOOR. (SEE BIB. REF. C). ABOVE THE STOREFRONT, THE SUPPORTS FOR A CANOPY REMAIN INTACT ON THE BUILDING. ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR USE AS A COMMERCIAL RENTAL PROPERTY, IT BECAME ALTERED FOR USE AS HOTEL IN 1855. (SEE BIB. REF. E). A REAR ADDITION WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1885. THIS STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
THIS BUILDING WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY BY THE FOLLOWING NAMES: THE U.S. HOTEL (SEE BIB. REF. A); THE HUGH PHILLIPS BUILDING (SEE BIB. REF. B); THE KLAUBER AND CO. GROCERY STORE (SEE BIB. REF. D). IT WAS USED AS A HOTEL FROM 1853 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. A). BUILDINGS RELATED TO THE U.S. HOTEL ARE THE U.S. HOTEL ADDITION, LOCATED AT 261 HIGH STREET (MAP CODE 43/15), AND THE U.S. HOTEL LAUNDRY BUILDING, LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE U.S. HOTEL ADDITION.
ONE ORIGINAL OCCUPANT OF THE STRUCTURE WAS THE S. ALDER & CO. GENERAL STORE AND OWEN SALOON; ANOTHER OCCUPANT, HUGH PHILLIPS, REFITTED HIS BUILDING FOR A HOTEL IN 1855. HUGH PHILLIPS WAS STILL BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING AS LATE AS 1871.
THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. |
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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," 6 OCTOBER 1853, 13 APRIL 1854, 1 JUNE 1854, 29 NOVEMBER 1854, 18 APRIL 1855, 30 MAY 1855, 11 SEPTEMBER 1855; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI., (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 6 JANUARY 1869; TAYLOR AND WILLITS, MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY [MAP] (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS, 1871); "IOWA COUNTY HISTORY," (CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1881), P. 86.
B. IBID.; "NATIONAL DEMOCRAT," 26 APRIL 1871, 4 JANUARY 1900, 15 NOVEMBER 1906.
C. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH FILES, MINERAL POINT ROOM, MINERAL POINT LIBRARY, MINERAL POINT, WI.
D. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 1 JUNE 1854 (ORIGINAL OCCUPANT).
E. "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE, 30 MAY 1855, 11 SEPTEMBER 1855.
Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998.
From Mining to Farm Fields to Ethnic Communities: Buildings and Landscapes of Southwestern Wisconsin.
Ed. Anna Vemer Andrzejewski , Arnold R. Alanen and Sarah Fayen Scarlett for “Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings and Landscapes of the Upper Midwest,” 2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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