Property Record
318 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Woodman Building |
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| Other Name: | DRS. KJELLAND/ OPTOMETRISTS |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60232 |
| Location (Address): | 318 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 GREEK REVIVAL STYLED RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1850. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. CAST-IRON ORNAMENTATION, IN THE FORM OF COLUMNS, APPEARS ON THE MAIN FACADE. DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THIS INTENSIVE SURVEY WAS BEING CONDUCTED, THE STRUCTURE WAS UNDERGOING RESTORATION. SANDBLASTING HAD OCCURRED ON TWO AND THREE ONLY. NO REPAIR WORK HAS YET TAKEN PLACE ON THE WEST FACE. FOUR AND FIVE WALL SURFACE FININSHED BY HANDSANDING AND REPAINTING. THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING HAS HAD A VARIED HISTORY. IT FUNCTIONED AS A SPACE FOR RETAIL STORES FROM 1876 TO 1900 (SEE BIB. REF. G, H), AND AS A RESIDENCE FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT (SEE BIB. REF. F, G). SOME OF THE BUSINESS VENTURES LOCATED THERE INCLUDED A MARBLE WORKS IN 1884, A MUSIC SHOP IN 1889, AND A PAINT SHOP AND RESIDENCE IN 1900. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRUCTURE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WERE AS FOLLOWS: CYRUS WOODMAN IN 1851; C. C. WASHBURN, FROM 1858 TO 1868; THEOPOLIS GEORGE, JR., FROM 1871 TO 1875; THOMAS ROWLINGS, GROCER, FROM 1877 TO 1885; J. P HANKINS, FROM 1890 TO 1915; AND EILZA HANKINS IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS LOCALLY DESIGNATED, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Built in 1851, or earlier, by Cyrus Woodman. Woodman, born in Buxton, Maine, graduated from Harvard Law School, and came to Illinois in 1840 as an agent for the Boston and Western Land Company. He moved to Mineral Point in 1844 and formed a partnership with Cadwallader Colde Washburn, also an attorney from Maine, who was already established here. The firm of Washburn and Woodman had many interests, including law, lumbering, land speculation, banking, and the shot tower at Helena, on the Wisconsin River. The brick building at 324 High Street is generally credited as being the site of the Washburn and Woodman bank. 318 High may have been an office for one of their other businesses or used as rental property. This building has been the site of a wide variety of businesses. Theophilis George, Jr., a furniture maker, had his workshop here from 1871 until 1875; Thomas Rowlings, a grocery from 1877 to 1883; Sydney Shephard, marble works in 1884; a music shop in 1889; and a paint shop in 1900. In more modern times, Fitzsimmons Furniture Shop was here, followed by Cline Electric, Drs. George and David Kjelland, optometrists, Kjelland Vision Clinic, Davis & Duehr Eye Care, Pfotenhauer Law Office, and Schaaf and Associates, accountants." -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. 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 FIDLER, "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. H. 1876 BUSINESS DIRECTORY, MINERAL POINT. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |