Property Record
319 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | William Buckingham House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60234 |
| Location (Address): | 319 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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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, CROSS GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS PROPERTY, THE FOUNDATION IS MADE OF RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCKS. DECORATIVE ARTICULARTION WITH BRICKS APPEARS IN THE SECOND STORY. A FRONT PORCH DETAILED WITH TUSCAN COLUMNS AND BALUSTRADED RAILINGS SHELTERS THE FRONT ENTRANCE. THIS DWELLING, WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION, HAS OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS LEADED GLASS AND CORNICE BOARDS. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM IN 1915; AND JOHN HARRIS, JR. IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). INDIVIDUALS NAMED OATES AND COADE OWNED THE PROPERTY JOINTLY IN 1853. THE DATE ON THE DEED IS INDICATED AS BEING 1848. |
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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 UNIVERITY 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 COMPNAY, 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 Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |