Property Record
912 FAY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Second Presbyterian Church; Fay Street Chapel |
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| Other Name: | Evangelical Covenant Church |
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| Reference Number: | 41224 |
| Location (Address): | 912 FAY ST |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1997 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The former Second Presbyterian Church is a simple clapboard structure distinguished by a gable roof and square entrance tower. The small rooms flanking the tower appear to be later additions (B). The Second Presbyterian Church was organized in 1890 by the First Presbyterian Church. It was dissolved in 1899 but the structure, now called the Fay Street Chapel, continued to be used as a mission of the first Presbyterian Church until the North Presbyterian Church was organized in 1916 (see 516 Birch St., 4L/21). The Fay Street Chapel served the North congregation until 1923, when the Birch Street edifice was constructed (A). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Church pamphlet, archives, Chippewa Valley Museum. (B) 1897 Sanborn-Perris Map. (C) Another map code for this building is EC 5L/9 and its corresponding Survey map name is Plat Map #5. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |