Property Record
930 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOLDSWORTHY, RICHARD HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63466 |
| Location (Address): | 930 STATE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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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: | CONSTRUCTED IN C. 1850 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS ONE-STORY SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STUCCO OVER STONE EXTERIOR, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD WHICH DESCRIBES THIS DWELLING, THE EXTERIOR WALLS THROUGHOUT ARE MADE OF CONCRETE BLOCK. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS DISTINGUISH THE LINTELS ON THE SOUTH FACE. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ALSO LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS A STORAGE SHED; NO FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE WAS GIVEN IN THE INTENSIVE SURVEY. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: RICHARD GOLDSWORTHY, FROM 1851 TO 1871; JOHN PENBERTHY, FROM 1873 TO 1877; WILLIAM PENBERTHY, FROM 1885 TO 1903; MARY MCDERMOTT, FROM 1905 TO 1915; AND JOE MONGARDI IN 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 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 |