Property Record
W61 N498 WASHINGTON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN IMMANUELS KIRCHE |
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| Other Name: | IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 13345 |
| Location (Address): | W61 N498 WASHINGTON AVE |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Cedarburg |
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| Year Built: | 1882 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Washington Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Washington Avenue Historic District) 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. ROCK-FACED LIMESTONE FACADEPOINTED ARCH WINDOWS W/ TREFOIL TRACERYROSE WINDOW IN STEEPLE3000 POUND BELL IN STEEPLESTAINED GLASS Erected by its German Lutheran congregation to replace a smaller, earlier building, this Gothic structure contrasts rough quarry stone sides with a more formal, rock-faced limestone facade. The stone came from the Anschuetz quarry in Cedarburg. A few years later a chancel was added to the south. The buttressed tower formerly housed two bells, the larger one weighing 3,054 pounds installed in 1891; however, it was removed and reinstalled in the street level bell tower in 2004 to commemorate the congregation;s founding in 1852. Originally the tower also housed a hand-wound clock. The wooden mechanism of this clock is on display in the church. Note the art glass windows installed at the turn of the century. -A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976) A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 2005. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |