Property Record
402 E MIFFLIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Swedish Lutheran Gloria Dei Church |
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| Other Name: | St. Paul's A.M.E. Church |
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| Reference Number: | 81006 |
| Location (Address): | 402 E MIFFLIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Additions: | 1997 1957 |
| Survey Date: | 19832019 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Grover Lippert-1957 |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Madison Historic Landmark: 10/15/2002 Map code is 0709-133-218-2. "The history of the successive church buildings occupied by the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madison represents a pattern that is typical of many other local churches as well. In 1902, this small congregation was without a church of its own; it met instead in Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on Hancock Street. By 1909 the congregation had flourished to the point where it needed its own building. In that year its members decided to move into their first church, which occupied the same site as the church pictured above. Then in 1922 the still expanding congregation decided to build a larger church and the result was this fine Gothic Revival building. The Swedish Lutheran Gloria Dei Church, as it was first called, occupied this building until 1958. Then after being occupied by non-profit organizations for several years, the building became the home of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church. This congregation has deep roots in the Old Market Neighborhood. The congregation established itself in the area in 1902 when it moved the old frame Norwegian Lutheran Church to a new site at 619 E. Dayton Street (not extant). The new church quickly became a focal point for Madison's early African-American community. Its first members played leading roles in the establishment of the Madison chapter of the NAACP and Prince Hall Masonic Temple, still located in the neighborhood at 100 N. Blair Street." Old Market Place Neighborhood walking tour guide. Madison Landmarks Commission and Old Market Place Neighborhood Association, 1991. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City directory. Sanborn-Perris maps. Permit. Old Market Place Neighborhood walking tour guide. Madison Landmarks Commission and Old Market Place Neighborhood Association, 1991. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |