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203 PORTAGE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
203 PORTAGE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:LODI UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
Other Name:Three Bats in the Belfry
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:3552
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):203 PORTAGE ST
County:Columbia
City:Lodi
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1873
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Early Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Portage Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/2/2000
State Register Listing Date:1/21/2000
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:2 TOWERS ON EITHER SIDE OF FRONT. POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS AND DOORS. ROUND WINDOWS ON TOWERS AND GABLE.

Original construction cost was about $4,000. Was sold in 1917 to a Lutheran congregation which used it until the mid-1950s. Was then vacant for several years until purchased in 1972 by the Lake Wisconsin Evangelical Community Church.

Church was built between 1873 and 1878, when it was dedicated. Modern one-story additions built out of concrete block have been added to the rear of the building, which is now (1999) a gift shop, but the main part of the church is still essentially intact.

The work ebbed and flowed with the availability of funds. In 1875 a new contractor, H.C. Bancroft, was hired to pursue the work of construction (LVN9/01/1895, p. 3).
Bibliographic References:Lodi Enterprise: 7/12/1895, p. 1; 7/26/1895, p. 1; 8/09/1895, p. 1; 9/13/1990. . Wisconsin State Journal, 6/17/2001, p. C1. Lodi Valley News: 10/14/1874, p. 3; 9/01/1875, p. 3; 7/27/1895, p. 3. Lodi Journal: 4/09/1873. Lodi Historical Album:1848-1973. Lodi;1973, p. 99 (historic photo).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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