Property Record
132 S TYLER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 45472 |
| Location (Address): | 132 S TYLER ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A FRAME CHRUCH BUILDING CHARACTERIZED BY POINTED ARCH OPENINGS AND A CENTRAL STEEPLE. GOTHIC REVIVAL IN STYLE, THIS BUILDING FEATURES A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A GABLE ROOF AND A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR. ADDITIONS AND/OR ALTERATIONS WERE MADE TO THE STRUCTURE BETWEEN 1945 AND 1950. (A). THIS ONE STORY BUILDING IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LANCASTER'S CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH (NOW THE FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH) WAS MOVED FROM THE COMMUNITY OF COBB (APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER) IN 1950. IN COBB, THE STRUCTURE SERVED AS THE PRESBYTERIAN CHRUCH. DURING THE FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE MOVE, A NEW TOWER AND STEEPLE WERE ADDED AND THE INTERIOR WAS REDECORATED. (A) SINCE IT WAS FIRST SURVEYED IN 1983 THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN RESIDED IN VINYL. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. "CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED TODAY," WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 3 DECEMBER 1950. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |