Property Record
423 MINERAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOLDSWORTHY, ABRAHAM HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61357 |
| Location (Address): | 423 MINERAL ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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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 AND A HALF-STORY, GOTHIC REVIVAL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1858. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN UNSPECIFED STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE AND WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF IN THE FRONT IS A STEEPLY PITCHED, ATTIC STORY WALL DORMER. BENEATH THIS DORMER ON THE FIRST STORY IS AN ENCLOSED PORCH, WHOSE FOUNDATION IS MADE OF CONCRETE BLOCK. PILASTERS, IN THE SHAPE OF TUSCAN COLUMNS, VISUALLY SUPPORT THE PORCH'S FLAT ROOF, WHILE SIDELIGHTS AND A TRANSOM WINDOW EMBELLISH THE PORCH'S FRONT ENTRANCE. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: ABRAHAM GOLDSWOTHY, FROM 1858 TO 1895; AND MRS. M. CRAWFORD, 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, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |