Property Record
115 RIDGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THE HENRY PLOWMAN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 61815 |
| Location (Address): | 115 RIDGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1854 |
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| Additions: | 1855 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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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: | DESIGNED IN THE GREEK REVIVAL STYLE AND BUILT IN 1854 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS TWO-STORY HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A WOOD AND STONE TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. THE OPEN GABLE END AT THE SIDE ELEVATION DISPLAYS EAVE RETURNS AND A BRICK END CHIMNEY. TWO FEDERAL DOORWAYS DISTINGUISH THE FACADE. A TRANSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS - EACH CONTAINING MUNTINS - APPEAR ON THE FIRST STORY DOOR, WHILE DENTIL TRIM, SIDELIGHTS AND PILASTERS APPEAR ON THE SECOND STORY DOOR. THE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE CONTAIN SIX-OVER-SIX PANES, WITH STONE LINTELS AND SILLS. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOICATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: HENRY PLOWMAN, FROM 1856 TO 1866; JOHN STRACHAN, FROM 1871 TO 1895; AND LOUINIA STRACHAN AND HEIRS FROM 1905 TO 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A). WITH HENRY B. WELSH, HENRY PLOWMAN WAS THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE "MINER'S FREE PRESS," MINERAL POINT'S SECOND NEWSPAPER. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour: Plowman came to Mineral Point in the 1830s from Pennsylvania. Plowman was postmaster of Mineral Point from 1845 to 1849. |
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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. H. 1855 DATE OF CONSTRUCTION - "MINERAL POINT GUIDE." Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |