| Additional Information: | THIS TWO-STORY, ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1865. (SEE BIB. REF. H). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. PAIRED, EAVE-LINE BRACKETS AND A DENTIL TRIMMED CORNICE CONTINUE ALL AROUND THE STRUCTURE, BELOW THE MAIN ROOF. CORNICE RETURNS ACCENT THE PEDIMENTED GABLED ROOF ABOVE THE WESTERN, FIRST-STORY BAY. DECORATIVE, CARVED LINTELS ADORN THE WINDOWS AND DOORS THROUOUT THE BUILDING. THE ELABORATELY DESIGNED FRONT PORCH HAS ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY PAIRED AND LACEY BRACKETED POSTS. SMALLER SIZED BRACKETS AND DENTIL TRIM APPEAR ON THE CORNICE BENEATH THE PORCH ROOF. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
INDIVIDUALS ASSOICATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: RICHARD THOMAS, FROM 1858 TO 1868; JOHN GRAY, FROM 1871 TO 1910; AND RICHARD JACKSON, FROM 1915 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 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, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.
H. LOCAL SOURCES INDICATE THAT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1865 FOR JOHN GRAY. TAX ROLLS INDICATE THAT A BUILDING WAS ON THIS LOT AS EARLY AS C. 1855. RICHARD THOMAS OWNED THE LOT AND BUILDING FROM 1858-1868, WHEN JOHN GRAY PURCHASED THE PORPERTY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ANOTHER HOUSE EXISTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS MOVED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOUSE BY JOHN GRAY, OR IT MAY HAVE BEGUN LIFE EARLIER THAN LOCAL SOURCES INDICATE.
Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. |
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