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741 E. High St.

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741 E. High St.

Historic Name:
First Congregational Church

Other Name:

Reference Number:
85324

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Property Location

Location (Address)

741 E. High St.

County

Rock

City/Village

Milton

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1892

Additions

1990

Survey Date

1977,2013,2024

Historic Use

house of worship

Architectural Style

Early Gothic Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Aluminum/Vinyl Siding

Architect

Mark Schmidt (1990 addition),M. H. Ansley: Builder (1892)

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

This Gothic Revival church was constructed in 1892 as First Congregational Church. It is cross-shaped in plan (with the exception of a rear addition) with aluminum siding and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The front elevation faces north and is asymmetrical in composition with a post-1939 front-gabled entry bay projecting from the east end of the façade. The entry bay contains a pair of double-doors within a classical surround, flanked by small canted arch windows with peaked wood crowns. The primary façade of the main building mass contains a group of three canted arch stained-glass windows with peaked wood crowns and a row of decorative brackets along a ledge below the gable. A square corner tower sits behind the entry bay and contains individual canted arch stained-glass windows with peaked wood crowns in its north and east walls; above this is an open, arcaded belfry (the canted arches of the belfry mirror the shape of the windows below). The tower is capped by a steeply-pitched hipped roof with flared eaves and an iron balustrade around its top. A shorter square tower is located in the opposite (northwest) corner of the building and mirrors the design of the taller tower. A large rear addition was constructed sometime after 1980.

Bibliographic References

MILTON TELEPHONE, 5-19-1892, P. 5. IS THE CITATION FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDER.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

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house of worship Early Gothic Revival

Rock
County

Milton
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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