Property Record
625 COLLEGE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD |
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| Other Name: | OLYMPIA BROWN UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN CHURCH |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11303 |
| Location (Address): | 625 COLLEGE AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Additions: | 1896 |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | J G CHANDLER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Historic Sixth Street Business District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/24/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. WIDE, HEAVY ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS AND ENTRY. 2 STORY SQUARE ENTRY TOWER ON CNR. OCULI IN GABLES. STONE SILL AND LINTEL COURSES. ASSOCIATED W/OLYMPIA BROWN, FIRST ORDAINED WOMAN MINISTER IN THE U.S. AND ACTIVE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE LEADER. BUILT IN 1895 WITH AN ADDITION TO THE EAST CONSTRUCTED ONLY A YEAR LATER. THE ORIGINAL CHURCH WAS DESIGNED BY JAMES GILBERT CHANDLER. THIS CHURCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH OLYMPIA BROWN (1835-1926) A UNIVERSALIST MINISTER AND WOMAN SUFFRAGIST. SHE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE ORDAINED WITH FULL DENOMINATIONAL AUTHORITY AND WAS PASTOR OF THIS CONGREGATION FROM 1878 TO 1887, WHEN SHE RESIGNED TO CONCENTRATE ON HER WORK FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN EQUAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE FEDERAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION OF WHICH SHE WAS PRESIDENT FROM 1903 TO 1920. Resurveyed November 2009; appearance unchanged. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PRSERVATION RACINE, INC., NEWSLETTER, SUMMER 1995. HISTORIC SIXTH STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990 "Architecture/History Survey of 7th Street from 9th Street to Main Street in the city of Racine, WI. October, 2009. WHS Project #10-0922, Prepared by Gail Klein." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |