Property Record
200 S CHURCH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Presbyterian Church of Neenah |
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| Reference Number: | 66793 |
| Location (Address): | 200 S CHURCH ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Neenah |
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| Year Built: | 1951 |
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| Additions: | 1954 |
| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Tusler & Setter |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Neo-Gothic rusticated stone church, with lancet windows and pointed arch loggias. Built by the most influential congregation in the community. N in photo codes stands for NM. The church was previously surveyed in 1996 (SHSW/95-1673) with a map code of 120/10 on a City Base Map. The 2004 map code is 144/12a. Designed by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Magney, Tusler & Setter, the First Presbyterian Church of Neenah is Neo-Gothic Revival in style. The complex consists of the 1951 educational wing which includes a chapel and the fellowship hall, as well as the church proper which was completed in 1954. All buildings are covered with limestone and exhibt a high degree of integrity. Organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Neenah occured on 15 December 1848; the first meeting was held in a large room over the store of Yale and Jones--the present-day site of Shattuck Park. This room was used until 1852, when a church was built on the 300 block of E. Wisconsin Street. This church was used until a second edifice was built in 1901 at the same location of the present-day church. Running out of room yet again, discussions regarding expansion began in 1939; however, World War II delayed construction. The building campaign began again in 1946 and the educational wing, which also includes a chapel and the fellowship hall, was built in 1951. The church proper was not completed until 1954. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Shattuck's History of Neenah, p. 201 Daily News Times, 6-2-1949, p. 1. Neenah-Menasha City Directory (1940-1964) S.F. Shattuck, A History of Neenah (Menasha, WI: George Banta Company, 1958), 199, 201; "Work Is Started on New Neenah Church," Daily News-Times (Neenah, WI), 2 June 1949. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |