Property Record
219 WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63899 |
| Location (Address): | 219 WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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. 1910 (SEE BIB. REF. F), THIS TWO AND A HALF-STORY QUEEN ANNE HOUSE FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF IN THE ATTIC STORY IS A PEDIMENTED GABLE DORMER. A SECOND STORY BAY WINDOW ON THE FACADE AND A TWO-STORY THREE-SIDED BAY ON THE SIDE ELEVATION ARE EACH CAPPED IN THE ATTIC STORY BY ANOTHER PEDIMENTED GABLE ROOF. WINDOW TRACERY EMBELLISHES THE WINDOWS FOUND IN THE ATTIC STORY, WHILE LEADED GLASS DISTINGUISHES THOSE FOUND ON THE FIRST STORY. A FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH HAS ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY SLENDER TUSCAN COLUMNS. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS BUILDING, RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK COMPRISES THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS VISIBLE BENEATH THE PORCH. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN FIEDLER IN 1905; GRACE IVEY IN 1915; AND THE IVEY SISTERS IN 1925. THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. |
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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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |