114 Shake Rag St., Mineral Point, Wisconsin. County/parish: Iowa.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 25, 1971. NRIS 71000038.
8 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Pendarvis is a historic site located in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made up of several 19th century stone and timber cabins built by Cornish immigrants who came to Mineral Point to mine lead and zinc. Today the site is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society and serves as a museum of Wisconsin's early lead mining history. Programs at the site also interpret the groundbreaking preservation work by Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum, begun during the Great Depression.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106781171