Property Record
905 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PRATER, JOSIAH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63462 |
| Location (Address): | 905 STATE 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: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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. 1845 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS ONE-STORY GABLED ELL HOUSE FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. AN ADDITION WAS MADE TO THE STRUCTURE AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. A FULLY DETAILED FRONT PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH CARVED SPINDLES, BRACKETS, TURNED POSTS AND A BALUSTRADED RAILING. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOSIAH PRATER, FROM 1848 TO 1856; MRS. J. PRATER, FROM 1858 TO 1860; ELIZABETH HOLMES, FROM 1873 TO 1890; AND MARY DUNN, FROM 1895 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 MATERAIALS, 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 |