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Title	Fountain Street - 535 - The Stronghold - Moses M. Strong Home
File Name	GPNC.02.060
Date of Original	1880-1910;
Description	This stone Greek Revival home was built in 1839 for Moses McCure Strong, with an addition in 1866. Strong was born in Vermont and came to Wisconsin Territory in 1836 where he served for a time as land agent for various eastern speculators. He was appointed US District Attorney for the Territory by Pres. Martin Van Buren from 1838 - 1841. He was also a member of Wisconsin's territorial legislature, and served as a delegate to the first State constitutional convention in 1846. He speculated heavily in lead mining ventures and was active in several early railroad schemes. He was involved with Byron Kilbourn in delivering bribes to state legislators to secure advantages for the La Crosse and Milwaukee R.R. Strong's political career came to an end when the bribery charges were investigated, which coincided with the collapse of several of his financial ventures in the panic of 1857. He also fell from favor due to his severe criticism of the Lincoln administration during the Civil War. Returning to his law practice in Mineral Point, Strong served as president of the state bar association (1878-1893), was a member of the state board of bar examiners (1885-1894), and from 1871 until his death was vice- president of the State Historical Society. He was the author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin (1885). This building is included in the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory under record number 57993. See: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ahi/
Community	Mineral Point;
County	Iowa County;
State	Wisconsin;
LCTGM Subject	Architectural elements;
Subject	Greek Revival Architecture; Stone buildings;
Category	Mineral Point Residences; Fountain Street Buildings;
Submitting Institution	Mineral Point Historical Society;
Collection	Glass Plate Negative Collection;
Copyright and Use Statement	Copyright to this resource is held by the Mineral Point Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of the image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Please contact the Mineral Point Historical Society at MPHS@mineralpointhistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content.
Type	Still Image;
Format	Image/jpeg;
Date Digitized	2010-04-03

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