Property Record
508 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HEWETT, JOSEPH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63156 |
| Location (Address): | 508 STATE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1833 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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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: | BUILT IN C. 1883 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS TWO-STORY FRONT GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, AN ASBESTOS SHINGLED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. A BARGEBOARD APPEARS IN THE FRONT GABLE. GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTATION DISTINGUISHES THE LINTEL JUST ABOVE THE SECOND STORY WINDOWS OF THE OPEN GABLE END. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. JOSEPH HEWETT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1885 TO 1890. (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, PLATTTEVILLE, 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 |