Property Record
546 PARK PLACE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | UNITED METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 72972 |
| Location (Address): | 546 PARK PLACE |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Darlington |
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| Year Built: | 1886 |
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| Additions: | 1905 1966 1980 |
| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | ELABORATE SCROLLWORK ON TOWER WITH DECORATIVE WOOD BARGEBOARD RELIEF. THIS 19TH CENTURY FRAME CHURCH STRUCTURE ON AN ELEVATED STONE FOUNDATION IS COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE INTERSECTING GABLED FORMS AND IS ACCENTED BY A SQUARE TOWER. THE TOWER, COVERED BY A TRUNCATED PYRAMIDAL ROOF, IS DECORATED BY ELABORATE SCROLL WORK AT THE ROOF LINE THAT IS FURTHER DECORATED WITH BARGE BOARDS TRIMMED WITH AN APPLIQUED DESIGN. ROUND WINDOWS PENETRATE THE OPEN GABLE ENDS AND POINTED ARCHED STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ARE USED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE CHURCH. A FRAME ADDITION COVERING THE ORIGINAL GOTHIC ARCHED ENTRANCE EXTENDS IN FRONT OF THIS 19TH CENTURY CHURCH. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. BUTTERFIELD, "HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY," 1881, P. 532. B. "HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY," 1976, P. 87. Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |