Property Record
350 E FURNACE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | FREE METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 46116 |
| Location (Address): | 350 E FURNACE ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Additions: | 1940 1862 |
| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peace |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/25/2022 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/20/2021 |
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| Additional Information: | INFLUENCED BY THE 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL, THIS BRICK CHURCH STRUCTURE WITH A SLOPING ROOF ON A STONE FOUNDATION HAS A SQUARE ENTRANCE TOWER TOPPED WITH AN OCTAGONAL STEEPLE. POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS OF STAINED GLASS, A ROUND ARCHED PORTAL, ROUND WINDOWS IN THE STEEPLE BASE AND LOUVERED POINTED ARCH OPENINGS IN THE STEEPLE BASE CHARACTERIZES THE MID-19TH CENTURY CHURCH STRUCTURE. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: THE EARLIEST OF THE REMAINING CHRUCHES IN PLATTEVILLE, THIS CHRUCH IS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS AN INTACT EXAMPLE OF MID-19TH CENTURY VERNACULAR GOTHIC REVIVAL CHURCH ARCHITECTURE AND IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS ERA IN THEIR HISTORY. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE: THE PEACE LUTHERAN CHRUCH IS REFERRED TO AS THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (1881, P. 731) AND THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PLATTEVILLE (1881, P. 731). IT IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE PEACE LUTHERAN CONGREGATION IN THE 125 YEAR HISTORY BY THE LUTHERAN CHRUCH OF PEACE. THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT BY THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHRUCH IN 1856 ON A PIECE OF LAND DONATED BY HENRY CARL. IT WAS REMODELED AND THE STEEPLE ADDED IN 1862. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE REMODELING TOOK PLACE IN 1940. (A) THE PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH EXISTED FROM 1856 TO 1961. THE FREE METHODIST CHRUCH PURCHASED THE BUILDING IN 1961. (A) |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PEACE, ROOTED IN 125 YEARS, 1855-1980. B. CHRONICAL OF PLATTEVILLE, 1976. C. HOLFORD, GRANT CO. HISTORY, 1900, P. 505. D. GRANT COUNTY HISTORY, 1881, P. 731. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |