Property Record
932 High St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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| Other Name: | Our Savior's English Lutheran Church |
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| Reference Number: | 82306 |
| Location (Address): | 932 High St |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 20042020 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Frame Carpenter Gothic church has pointed arch windows and a square center front tower with castellated top. 2020: re-sheathed with vinyl; was clapboard. 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: This frame-constructed, Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1892 as the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, the congregation of which was organized in 1864. Their first church building was dedicated in 1868 and was located at the southeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Tenth Street. The subject church was their second edifice. Although currently located at 932 High Street, this building was originally built at the corner of S. 9th Street and Clara Avenue. In 1922, it was moved to this location, at which time a brick basement was built and a new overhang was built over the entrance. Since its survey in 2004, the church has been re-sheathed with vinyl siding. Despite having been built for Norwegian Lutherans, the congregation was reorganized in 1913 and the name was changed to Our Savior’s English Lutheran Church, the congregation of which worships today at 917 Mead Avenue. As of 1952, this church building was the home of the First Assembly of God. Today the church is home to Iglesia Getsemani, a Pentecostal congregation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey Recommendation write-up: "Our Savior's Church to be on a New Site," The Sheboygan Press, 1 September 1922, p5; "Renovation Service Sunday at Our Savior's Lutheran," The Sheboygan Press, 27 January 1923, p5; "Our Savior's English Lutheran Church," The Sheboygan Press, 23 April 1926, 23; "Dedicate Our Savior's Lutheran Church Sunday," The Sheboygan Press, 14 May 1953, 8. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |