page_title: Mineral Point, Wisconsin
section_title: Historical buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Mineral Point, Wisconsin / Historical buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: First Methodist Church in Mineral Point Historic District. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 71000037
context_page_description: Mineral Point is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The city is located within the Town of Mineral Point. Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wisconsin's third oldest city, Mineral Point was settled in 1827, becoming a lead and zinc mining center during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today the city's historical character has made it a regional tourist destination. The population was 2,487 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Much of the city is a historical district, including blocks of stone cottages and businesses crafted by the Cornish settlers in the 1800s. A more recent building is the City Hall, built in 1914, which includes the library and the Opera House. The Opera House underwent a $2 million renovation in 2010.
  Pendarvis, a state historical site, is a historically accurate preservation of some of the original cottages. It is open for tours in the summer months. Shake Rag Alley contains seven historic structures; an outdoor summer theatre, Alley Stage; and a community-owned center for the arts, which sponsors a children's art program and adult classes.
  Cothern House, home of Montgomery Cothern
  Fort Defiance, was located along Highway 23 near the present Iowa and Lafayette County border in 1832 during the Black Hawk War.  A memorial marker commemorates the location.
  Fort Jackson
  Jerusalem Springs was the first location of religious services in Mineral Point in the 1820s
  Walker House
  Orchard Lawn - home of the Mineral Point Historical Society
  Mineral Point and Northern Railroad Depot (later the Milwaukee Road Depot)
  Mineral Point Opera House
  Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts
  Stronghold, home of Moses M. Strong, first President of the Wisconsin Bar Association
  Trinity Episcopal Church built in 1845
caption: First Methodist Church.
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