Property Record
9608 STATE HIGHWAY 133
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Waterloo Seventh Day Adventist Church |
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| Other Name: | Waterloo Seventh Day Adventist Church |
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| Reference Number: | 122178 |
| Location (Address): | 9608 STATE HIGHWAY 133 |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Waterloo |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 4 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 19 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Ernest Smith |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| 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. Rising from a concrete foundation, this vernacular, frame church is sheathed with clapboard and features a central bell tower with a hipped roof. A pair of wooden panel doors, topped with a two light transom and a pentoid bell tower opening, is the only fenestration on the structure's south facade. Each of the church's longitudinal walls carry four, symmetrically placed, two over two light windows that are shielded by metal storms. The rear elevation is completely devoid of fenestration. The interior of the church appears to be well intact and includes such features as wainscoting, original pews and a raised platform with lectern. A small storage shed, sheathed with corrugated metal, is situated northwest of the church, while the cemetery is located to the rear (north). The present Seventh Day Adventist Church was erected in 1912; however, the congregation erected a building on this parcel as early as circa 1868. The congregation was reportedly organized by Elder Isaac Sanborn on 5 January 1868. Sanborn, along with W. S. Ingraham, were the founders of the first Adventist parsonage in the state and the first Norwegian Seventh Day Adventist Church in the world. The first church on this parcel was struck by lightening in 1911 and burned to the ground. The following year, the present structure was built. Services were held regularly until 1936 when declining membership forced the congregation to close the church. Although the congregation currently occupies a new church facility in Lancaster, the grounds of the Waterloo church continue to be cared for by the Waterloo Adventist Church & Cemetery Association, while burials are still conducted in the cemetery. The Waterloo Seventh Day Adventist Church, organized in 1868, appears to be one of the earlier Adventist churches to be established in the State of Wisconsin. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |