| Additional Information: | DESIGNED IN THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE AND BUILT IN C. 1900 (SEE BIB. REF. F), THIS TWO AND A HALF-STORY PARSONAGE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE (STUCCOED) FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE FACADE IS A TWO-STORY, THREE-SIDED BAY, WHICH IS CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY A GABLED ROOF. ANOTHER GABLE ROOF, WHICH ALSO INTERSECTS WITH THE MAIN ROOF IN THE ATTIC STORY, IS SUPPORTED BY TUSCAN COLUMNS AND SHELTERS A SECOND STORY WINDOW. BOTH GABLES DISPLAY DECORATIVE SHINGLES IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. A PARTIALLY ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH HAS TUSCAN COLUMN SUPPORTS IN THE OPEN AREA AND A SHINGLED PEDIMENT ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. A HIP ROOFED SIDE PORCH IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY TUSCAN COLUMNS. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
THIS DWELLING SERVED AS A PARSONAGE TO ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM C. 1900 TO 1925. THE BUILDING, LOCATED AT 414B RIDGE STREET, HAD NOT APPEARED IN TAX ROLLS IN THE YEAR 1925. |
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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.
Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000.
Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
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