Property Record
1315 11TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIRST METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | Monroe Arts and Activities Center |
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| Reference Number: | 16174 |
| Location (Address): | 1315 11TH ST |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | Monroe |
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| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Additions: | 1887 |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | EDWARD TOWNSEND MIX |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | First Methodist Church |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/25/1975 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. BRICK HIGH VICTORIAN GOTHIC CHURCH DESIGNED BY EDWARD TOWNSEND MIX AND BUILT BETWEEN 1869 AND 1887. BUILT BY THE FIRST CONGREGATION IN GREEN COUNTY. Dramatic wheel windows distinguish the late Gothic Revival design of this church. In the main façade, the tracery seems to spiral out from a central star; the opening around the window combines circular and pointed-arch forms to create a teardrop shape. Lancet-arched hood moldings above the wheel windows in the steeple repeat the motif. Gothic Revival churches were supposed to reach toward the heavens, an ideal beautifully expressed in this church. Each element of the design contributes to that aesthetic: the soaring steeple with its gabled dormers, the unusual buttress extending upward through the roofline, the arched corbel tables along the eaves, and the lancet arches of the windows and door openings. This handsome building, now an arts center, is the work of one of Wisconsin's most prominent architects of the mid-nineteenth century. Covenant/Easement: From 10/28/1976 to 10/28/2006. A 'covenant file' exists for this property. It may contain additional information such as photos, drawings and correspondence. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |