Property Record
138 CHURCH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIRST BAPTIST TEMPLE |
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| Other Name: | FIRST BAPTIST TEMPLE |
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| Reference Number: | 27595 |
| Location (Address): | 138 CHURCH AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Architect: | WILLIAM WATERS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS WATERS DESIGN IS A MONUMENTAL EXAMPLE OF THE CLASSICAL REVIVAL. ESSENTIALLY A CRUCIFORM IN PLAN, THE FOCAL POINT IS A CENTRALLY LOCATED DOME. WELL DEFINED PILASTERS SUPPORT THE ENTABLATURE WHICH BREAKS IN EACH GABLE TO ALLOW THE RISE OF A LARGE ROUNDED TRACERY WINDOW. STYLISTICALLY THIS CHURCH IS VERY SIMIALR TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY (106 WASHINGTON, ALSO DESIGNED BY WATERS). IT WAS ERECTED IN 1901, AND WAS OCCUPIED BY 1902. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BUILT SEPTEMBER 1902, OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN 4/15/1988. GUIDE TO WILLIAM WATERS' WORK IN OSHKOSH. OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN 12/3/1995. A. INSCRIPTION OVER ENTRANCE. B. OSHKOSH DAILY NORTHWESTERN 08/30/1902 P.10. C. INTERVIEW WITH LEE AND EILEEN WEIGERT, 05/08/81. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |