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Drawing

Mineral Point Buildings

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of buildings, including the Post Office.
Photograph

Mining Scene

Date: 
Description: An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used...
Photograph

Knights of Pythias Castle Hall

Date: 1925
Description: The Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, formerly the Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1844. The small building to the right of the church was built and occupi...
Photograph

Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
Photograph

Mineral Point Players

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: Portrait of Ulmont Healy, seated on a step. He is the director of the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Map or Atlas

Map of Woodman's Addition to Mineral Point

Date: 1856
Description: This map of Woodman's Addition in Mineral Point is pen-and-ink on paper. The map includes certifications signed by John B. Whitelaw (surveyor), Cyrus Woodm...
Photograph

Ava and Max Fernekes

Date: 06 1980
Description: Ava and Max Fernekes at the Pendarvis Spring Open House. A vase of tulips and various artworks is along the windowsill behind the couple.

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