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127A MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

127A MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE

Architecture and History Inventory
127A MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:61290
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):127A MERRY CHRISTMAS LANE
County:Iowa
City:Mineral Point
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1900
Additions:
Survey Date:19821993
Historic Use:Domestic - outbuilding
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mineral Point Historic District
National Register Listing Date:7/30/1971
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:THESE TWO ASTYLISTIC UTILITARIAN SHED STRUCTURES WERE BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. F). THEY FEATURE SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATIONS, STONE FOUNDATIONS, CLAPBOARD EXTERIORS, WOOD TRIMS AND ASPHALT SHINGLED SHED ROOFS. THESE BUILDINGS MAY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN PLACED OVER MINES. CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR STORAGE, THE SHEDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972.
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 HISTORCIAL 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 AT THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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