Property Record
133 W JEFFERSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Church of Christ Scientist |
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| Other Name: | FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 221400 |
| Location (Address): | 133 W JEFFERSON ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Burlington |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | 1948 |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Cobblestone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Kane Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/25/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/22/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | A group of members to the Church of Christ, Scientist began meeting in the nearby Village of Rochester around 1917. By 1923, a group of Burlington residents became interested in joining; subsequently the group began meeting in Burlington at private residences. Some time after, the group grew large enough to require renting space at the Masonic Temple to hold meetings. The society incorporated under Wisconsin law in January of 1924 and continued meeting at the Masonic Temple for three more years. During that time additional services and Sunday school were begun. Eventually the church rented and remodeled a larger room. A loan library was opened in 1932. In 1948, the church purchased their current building, a former residence constructed prior to 1870 at 133 W. Jefferson Street. It was also at this time, in 1948, that the building was altered from the Greek Revival style to the Colonial Revival style. The church officially became recognized as the First Church of Christ-Scientist in 1960. Remodeling that occurred in 1965 and 1966 increased the seating capacity of their meeting hall from 24 to 84. Eventually, the lending library matured into a public reading room at the church. |
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| Bibliographic References: | General Files. On file at the Burlington Historical Society, Burlington, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |