Property Record
115 JAIL ALLEY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN SHANLEY HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60827 |
| Location (Address): | 115 JAIL ALLEY |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1846 |
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| Additions: | 1847 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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 ONE-STORY , SIDE GABLED HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1846 AND 1847. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN UNSPECIFIED STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE AND WOOD TRIM, AND A SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. A BRICK END CHIMNEY APPEARS AT THE APEX OF THE OPEN GABLE END. THE CENTRAL ENTRANCE TO THE DWELLING IS UNADORNED, YET A STONE LINTEL CAN BE FAITLY DISTINGUISHED UNDERNEATH THE WHITEWASHED STONE EXTERIOR WALLS. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN SHAWLEY (SHANLEY?) FROM C. 1847 TO THE 1850'S; ANDREW SHAWLEY, FROM C. 1865 TO 1889; AND JOHN SHAWLEY, FROM C. 1890 TO THE EARLY 1900'S. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Built by John Shanley, who came from Ireland to New Diggins, Wisconsin. After mining there for a few years, he moved to Mineral Point where he opened a livery business. According to census records, in 1850, he lived here with his wife, Elizabeth, one-year-old son, Timothy, and brother, Stephen, and owned $1,000 worth of real estate. In 1860, he is listed as a hotel keeper in 1860, although the hotel was not necessarily this building. The building was owned by his brother, Andrew Shanley, from 1865 until 1889 and then again by John Shanley from 1890 to 1900. John Shanley purchased a farm in the Town of Moscow in 1872 and lived there until 1885 when he returned to Mineral Point. Shanley's son, Stephen, was a teacher in country schools near Waldwick; his grandson, Stephen T., was the cashier of the Hollandale State Bank in 1913." -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. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1910; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |