1511 CHURCH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1511 CHURCH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1511 CHURCH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:8904
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1511 CHURCH ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Wauwatosa
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1919
Additions: 1959
Survey Date:1995
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:Brick
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: KUENZLI, EDWIN O.
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Church Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:8/10/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

2 STORY PEDIMENTED PORTICO W/DORIC COLUMNS. 3 ROUND ARCHED ENTRYWAYS. 3 STORY TURRET/SPIRE W/ROUND ARCHED OPENINGS. DORIC AND IONIC PILASTERS AND ENGAGED COLUMNS ON SPIRE. AN ADDITION WAS BUILT IN 1959.

This Georgian Revival red brick church has a steeple, a fully pedimented entry with a Doric collonade, limestone trim, pilasters, and rounded fanlighs above the entry.
Bibliographic References:WAUWATOSA LANDMARKS, WAUWATOSA LANDMARKS COMMISSION, 1994. National Register Nomination Form.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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