Property Record
C.118 S MOUND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | UNITED METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 66337 |
| Location (Address): | C.118 S MOUND AVE |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Belmont |
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| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Additions: | 1896 1922 1870 1905 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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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: | SEE C.E. Webb, a town resident, for early photos of the town. Pointed arch openings and a corner tower with louvred belfry distinguish this vernacular illustration of the Gothic Revival style. Organized in 1868, Belmont's Methodist Episcopal congregation first held services in the village's log schoolhouse. The church was originally affiliated with that in nearby Elk Groove which was founded in 1856 and named the head of the circuit of the West Wisconsin Conference. Once established, the congregation quickly appointed a pastor, Reverence W.P. Hill , and initiated a church-building program A lot was donated by Mrs. Charles Goodfellow and construction funds were solicited by Mrs. Goodfellow and Jane Bennett. Completed in 1870 and dedicated by Bishop Fellows, the frame structure was erected at a cost of $2,000. In 1896 the church was enlarged by the addition of a new netrance (it appears the tower was added at this time) and an Epworth League room. Expanding again in 1905, the building was raised and a full basement completed. In 1922, a community hall, constructed on the east end of the church, was added. This facility, which was removed in 1943, provided the community with a social center and a gymnasium. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881), p. 622. (B) Belmont Area History, 1826-1876, (Belmont: Privately published, 1976), p. 27. (C) Belmont Success, October 1936 (Historical Edition). “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 151: Dodgeville To Belmont.” WHS project number 92-0510IA/LT. October 1993. Prepared by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |