Property Record
5226 W BURLEIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Pentecost Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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| Other Name: | 0 |
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| Reference Number: | 29950 |
| Location (Address): | 5226 W BURLEIGH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Additions: | 1966 1951 |
| Survey Date: | 19752023 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Stone Veneer |
| Architect: | Hugo Logeman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | "A 'site file' 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 2023- resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Houses of Worship thematic survey. NEW ADDITION 1951 AND INTERIOR REDECORATED 1966. ""Originally Pentecost English Lutheran, the church was founded in 1924 under the tutlage of Field Missionary W.C. Stump. The congregation was organized at a meeting at Edward Liederbach's Meat Market at 4708 West Center Street. The first service was held in Liederbach's bungalow at North 46th and Chambers Streets. Pastor Nels Fedderson celebrated the first service on June 8, 1924, with was Whitsunday or Pentecost, hence the name of the church. In 1926 the chapel/bungalow was moved to the present site of the church at 5226 West Burleigh. Groundbreaking for the new church took place in March 1928. the church, designed by architect Hugo Haeuser, is a contemporary Gothic inspired colonial church of Lannon stone with red tile roof. In 1930 Rev. Amos Streich began his thirty-seven years of service to the church. In 1946, the mortgage was burned, followed by the church's planned addition by Hugo Logemann, completed in 1952.""" |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic Milwaukee Inc., Sherman Park Pride in Craftsmanship 13th Annual Spaces & Traces Tour Saturday, May 14, 1994, Souvenir Booklet. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |