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3446 COUNTY HIGHWAY W | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

3446 COUNTY HIGHWAY W

Architecture and History Inventory
3446 COUNTY HIGHWAY W | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery of West Swe
Other Name:Grace Lutheran Church and Cemetery of West Sweden
Contributing:
Reference Number:143318
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3446 COUNTY HIGHWAY W
County:Polk
City:
Township/Village:West Sweden
Unincorporated Community:
Town:37
Range:17
Direction:W
Section:8
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1884
Additions:
Survey Date:2007
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:The two-story, wood-frame building has a gable roof over the sanctuary, which is clad in vinyl clapboards. A four-story stepped steeple is located on the west end of the sanctuary. The steeple is topped by a pyramidal roof that is more shallow than roofs typically seen on church steeples. The steeple roof has been modified. The current roof replaced a taller, more steeply pitched version that was destroyed by lightening in the late 1940's. A metal cross is mounted on the peak of the steeple roof. The original round-arched stain-glass windows are intact and storm windows are attached on the exterior. The church's west wall, which held the historic entrance to the building, has a two-story, hipped-roof narthex, added in 1960. The grade of the land in front of the entrance was lowered to accomodate the narthex. The cemetery is located to the north.
Bibliographic References:"Historical Sketch: Town of West Sweden." The Inter-County Leader and the Frederic Star, March 31, 1954.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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