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Mineral Point Historic District
Mineral Point · 225 High St, Mineral Point, WI 53565
At a glance
Type
Historic Mining Town
Setting
Exterior
Parking
Yes
Power
Yes
Prior Filming
Various productions attracted by unique architecture
Permit
Required
Visual character
“Cornish, Stone Architecture, Unique”
About
Mineral Point is unlike any other town in the American Midwest—a 19th-century lead and zinc mining community where Cornish immigrants built their homes from local dolomite limestone using techniques brought directly from Cornwall, England. The result is a small Wisconsin city that looks more like a Cotswolds village than anything else in North America. The Wisconsin Film Office promotes Mineral Point for this architectural uniqueness: stone row houses with low ceilings and deep-set windows, narrow hillside lanes, and a commercial district of stone storefronts that sit within a landscape of rounded glacial hills. Pendarvis, the state historic site that first sparked the preservation of Mineral Point's Cornish heritage, provides access to interiors that are authentically mid-19th century without significant compromise.
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