Property Record
114B SHAKE RAG ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HILLCOT GUEST COTTAGE/ PENDARVIS SITE DIRECTOR |
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| Other Name: | Pendarvis Hill Cottage (DOA #245090004) |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 62122 |
| Location (Address): | 114B SHAKE RAG ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
| Structural System: | Log |
| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Pendarvis |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/25/1971 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | RECONSTRUCTED IN C. 1950 (SEE BIB. REF. H), THIS ONE-STORY SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE AND LOG FOUNDATION, A LOG EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND A WOOD SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. THE DWELLING, WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION, WAS A GUEST COTTAGE BUILT OF SALVAGED LOGS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE BY TWO RESTORERS. (SEE BIB. REF. H). THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED BEHIND THE ROW HOUSE AT 114E SHAKE RAG STREET (36/27) AND TO THE SOUTH. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GUEST COTTAGE WERE HILLCOT AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE, AND ROBERT NEAL AND EDGAR HELLUM, ALSO AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. 114B SHAKE RAG STREET SERVED AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE FROM C. 1950 TO C. 1970. (SEE BIB. REF. H). CURRENTLY IT IS BEING USED AS A STORAGE BUILDING. THIS BUILDING WAS LOCALLY DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. Examples of Cornish-built limestone houses dot Mineral Point, but the most cohesive group of buildings is at the museum complex operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Early in the twentieth century, Pendarvis gained special significance as one of Wisconsin's pioneer historic preservation projects. Lifelong partners Edgar Hellum and Robert Neal, a descendent of a Cornish miner, rehabilitated the stone and log miners' houses on Shake Rag Street in 1935. The first of their restored buildings was Pendarvis House, where they opened a small restaurant, serving Cornish pasties and saffron cakes. Once the home of miner Henry Williams, the one-story, side-gabled cottage was built circa 1845 of limestone chiseled to a smooth, dressed surface. The kitchen wing and the flagstone terrace in back were added to accommodate the restaurant. A Historic Structure Report of this building can be found in Room 312 at the Wisconsin Historical Society. #29122 #62222 #62122 #62123 #62120 |
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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, MADISON WISCONSIN. H. MARK KNIPPING, PENDARVIS SITE DIRECTOR (1992), PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. KNIPPING STATES THAT HILLCOT WAS BUILT OF SALVAGED LOGS FOUND AROUND THE MINERAL POINT COUNTRYSIDE. IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED ON THIS SITE AROUND 1950 BY PENDARVIS DEVELOPERS ROBERT NEAL AND EDGAR HELLUM. I. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. 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 |