Property Record
326 MAIDEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GALE, CHARLES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60982 |
| Location (Address): | 326 MAIDEN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19871993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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, QUEEN ANNE SYTLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). IT FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, HIP AND GABLE ROOF. A ONE-STORY, THREE-SIDED BAY PROJECTS FORWARD ON THE FACADE. ANOTHER ONE-STORY BAY PROJECTS OUTWARD ON THE SIDE ELEVATION. DIRECTLY ABOVE THIS SIDE-FACING BAY IS A GABLED WALL DORMER, APPEARING IN THE ATTIC STORY. A HIP ROOFED FRONT PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY SLENDER SQUARED POSTS. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. (NOTE: ANOTHER MAP CODE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS 55/20). INDIVUDALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: CHARLES (E.) GALE, FROM 1885 TO 1903; W. H. OSBORNE IN 1905; W. W. WILLIAMS, FROM 1910 TO 1915; AND MRS. W. W. WILLIAMS IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). OTHERS WHO HAD OWNED THE PROPERTY BEFORE THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT INCLUDED JOHN LABE IN 1853 AND CHARLES COX, FROM 1856 TO 1868. |
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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, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |