Property Record
1727 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1727 N 4TH ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mt. Olive English Lutheran Church |
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| Other Name: | Calvary Baptist Church/St. Paul Church of the First Born |
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| Reference Number: | 109103 |
| Location (Address): | 1727 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1727 N 4TH ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Additions: | 1937 |
| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Fernekes & Cramer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. According to the building permit the owner was Mt. Olive Lutheran Congregation, the architect was Fernekes & Cramer and the builder was F.L. Vogel & son. In 1922, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church sold the church and adjacent parsonage (no longer extant) to Calvary Baptist Church, the congregation of which remained here until the completion of their new church building at 2959 N. Teutonia Avenue (AHI#56584). Mt. Olive Lutheran moved to 5327 W. Washington Boulevard (AHI#31968), following the 1923 completion of their new church. Calvary, the city's oldest African-American Baptist congregation, began in the 1890s as Mt. Olive Baptist Church. It assumed its present name in 1913. Prior to 1915 Calvary Baptist was one of only three enduring congregations in the city that served the religious needs of African-Americans in Milwaukee; the others were St. Mark's AME Church [AHI 118473] and St. Benedict the Moor Mission and School [AHI 55952]. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permit. Houses of Worship. "Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat 1915-1945 (second edition)" by Joe William Trotter Jr., University of Illinois Press, 2007. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |