Property Record
307 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | VIVIAN, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60219 |
| Location (Address): | 307 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1855. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). IT FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, AN IRREGULAR STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. DECORATIVE, PAIRED BRACKETS - AN ITALIANATE INFLUENCE - APPEAR ALONG THE EAVE LINE AND CONTINUE AROUND THE BUILDING. LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE IS A BAY WINDOW, ALSO DESIGNED WITH PAIRED BRACKETS. THE ELONGATED, TWO-OVER-TWO WINDOWS ARE PRESENT THROUGOUT THE DWELLING. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN VIVIAN, FROM 1853 TO 1873; ROBERT JAMES, FROM 1875 TO 1905; ROBERT PARKINSON IN 1910; JOHN DAVIS IN 1915; AND J. C. JACKA IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THIS BUILDING HAS SERVED AS A RESIDENCE FROM C. 1855 TO THE PRESENT DAY. ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THIS DWELLING WAS LATER BUILT WAS E. WILLIAMS IN 1851. |
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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. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, PLATTEVILLE, WI. B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE," MINERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, N.D. C. FRANK HUMBERSTONE, JR. AND ANNE D. JENKIN, "THE HOMES OF MINERAL POINT," MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN," CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY," MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILDING MATERIALS AND LOCAL HISTORY. G. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |