Property Record
1707 S. Oneida Street
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | West Side Moravian Church |
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| Reference Number: | 245088 |
| Location (Address): | 1707 S. Oneida Street |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Survey Date: | 2022 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Harry Williams |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | In June of 1850, Rev. John Frederick Fett arrived in Green Bay to find several Protestant German families who had not yet become members of a church because they were unfamiliar with English. Together with a group of German-speaking immigrants, he organized the first Moravian Church in October of 1851 and constructed a church. Around 1957, the congregation began planning for a new church facility. The West Side Moravian Church, located at 1707 South Oneida Street, was completed in 1960. The same year, the East Side Moravian Church constructed a new church in the Village of Allouez. The existing church was ultimately sold and relocated to Heritage Hill State Historical Park in 1980, funded with a $150,000 donation from the congregation. In 2010 the congregation consolidated with its sister congregation, East Side Moravian Church in Allouez. Harry H. Williams was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1901. By 1923, he lived in Manitowoc and worked as a draftsman. In 1926, he moved to Green Bay and worked in the office of Charles Clark Reynolds as a designer. Working closely with Charles Reynolds, Williams worked on many school projects in Green Bay and the wider region. Williams married Renee Den Dooven in 1931 and remained in Green Bay, beginning his personal architectural practice in the 1940s. Harry Williams retired in 1974 and died in 1984. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |