Property Record
357 BROAD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Congregational Parsonage |
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| Other Name: | Evangel Community Church Office |
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| Reference Number: | 60340 |
| Location (Address): | 357 BROAD ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Menasha |
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| Year Built: | 1953 |
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| Survey Date: | 20092016 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | #590. Portico, colonial, revival entrance. 2009--Since last surveyed in 1984, there are no apparent exterior changes to the building. Located immediately adjacent to each other, the former First Congregational Church & Parsonage are both examples of the Colonial Revival style of architecture. The parsonage (357 Broad), which was completed in 1953, is a two-story, brick-faced, side-gabled structure that features a two-story, gabled portico with four, wooden and fluted column supports. The central entry, which rests within a wooden surround with a scrolled, broken pediment, is flanked by a single, six-over-nine-light window. Similar windows are located throughout the first floor, while the second-floor fenestration is comprised of six-over-six examples. See AHI#60342 for info on the church. After meeting at various locations for about two years (the first location of which was in Knight's Hotel bar room), the First Congregational Church was formally organized in February 1851; however, an actual house of worship was not constructed until 1858. The congregation's first location was at the site of the existing St. Mary's Catholic Church (at 2nd & Appleton streets). Unhappy with the lack of the city#25;s expansion in a northerly direction, the congregation chose to sell their church building to the German Catholic congregation of St. Mary's and build anew closer to "downtown." Their new red church on Broad and Milwaukee streets was dedicated in 1868. In 1926-27, an addition designed by Auler & Jensen of Oshkosh was made to the rear/south end of the church, the entire structure was veneered with red brick and Colonial Revival-style elements were applied. Dedication of the newly remodeled church, which now included Sunday School rooms, a ladies' parlor and a gymnasium, occurred on 19-20 June 1927. In 1953, a new rectory was built next door, west of the church. Seven years later, Congregational Christian churches merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the resultant denomination was the United Church of Christ (U.C.C.). On 2 July 1967, the final service was held in the Broad Street church, as the new church, located on Nicolet Boulevard in Neenah, was ready for use the following week (the new congregation was named the Congregational United Church of Christ). Since that time, the Broad Street church and parsonage has been utilized by Evangel Community Church, which restored the building's stained-glass windows last year. Resurveyed April 2016: no visible changes. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date of construction from church materials. See AHI#60342 for bib references. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |