Property Record
CA.130 W WALNUT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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Other Name: | GRACE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH |
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Reference Number: | 45500 |
Location (Address): | CA.130 W WALNUT ST |
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County: | Grant |
City: | Lancaster |
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Year Built: | 1884 |
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Additions: | 1922 |
Survey Date: | 2009 |
Historic Use: | church |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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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: | A VERY SIMPLE FRAME STRUCTURE WITH A STEEP GABLE ROOF. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1884 FOR THE GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND WAS MOVED ACROSS THE BLOCK AND ON TO THIS SITE THIS SITE IN 1922 SO THAT THE PRESBYTERIANS COULD BUILD A NEW CHURCH ON THE ORIGINAL SITE, WHICH THEY DID (133 W. OAK ST. AHI#45416). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION AND A GABLE ROOF. THE ONE STORY MEETING HALL IS IN GOOD CONDITION. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THIS FRAME BUILDING SERVED AS THE "HALL" FOR THE EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND WALNUT STREETS STER IT WS MOVED IN 1922., 6/29. |
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Bibliographic References: | SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF LANCASTER, WI. NEW YORK: 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927, 1927 (UPDATED TO 1940). HOFFMAN, CARL. "HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER. COUNTY SEAT OF GRANT COUNTY, 1900-1976. RESOURCE COMMITTEE OF GRANT COUNTY. GRANT COUNTY HISTORY: 1900-1976. GRANT COUTY, 1976, P. 61. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |