Property Record
219 N IOWA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WOOLRICH, GEORGE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60365 |
| Location (Address): | 219 N IOWA ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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 AND A HALF STORY QUEEN ANNE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE, WOOD SHINGLES APPEAR IN THE ATTIC STORY OF THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. PAIRED BRACKETS VISUALLY SUPPORT A PENT ROOF LOCATED ON THE SECOND STORY. THE TWO-SIDED PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH BRACKETED, TURNED POSTS. DESIGNATING THE ENTRANCE TO THIS PORCH FROM ABOVE IS A PENT ROOFED PEDIMENTED GABLE, DETAILED IN ITS OPEN END WITH WOOD SHINGLES. PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS, CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS, AND A BRICK CHIMNEY ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. GEORGE WOOLRICH WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE FROM 1905 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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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. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. 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 |