Property Record
1001 N MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / First Welsh Presby Church |
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| Other Name: | MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING BOOKSTORE |
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| Reference Number: | 16304 |
| Location (Address): | 1001 N MILWAUKEE ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1854 |
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| Additions: | 1891 1908 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | Charles F. Ringer - 1891; Ferry and Clas - 1908 |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1988 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. WAS THE CITY'S 2ND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND THE LAST EXTANT ANTE-BELLUM GOTHIC REVIVAL DOWNTOWN. The congregation merged with First Presbyterian to form Immanuel in 1870. In 1871, Welsh Calvanistic bought the building and owned it until 1954. The cast iron cresting was removed from the tower. Ringer raised the church 7 1/2'. Ferry and Clas remodeled the entrance. See HABS. This structure was one of a very few extant examples in this City of pre-Civil War Gothic Revival. Altered considerably over the years, its cast iron cresting was removed in 1871. In 1891 it was raised 4.5 feet and the entry changed in 1908. However, it still retained its basic form which is simplistic and retrained in its design. North Presbyterian was established as the City's second Presbyterian church. In 1870 they merged with First Presbyterian to form Immanuel. In 1871 the Welsh Calvanistic Society purchased the structure. Milwaukee School of Engineering purchased the building in 1954 and razed it in 1988. DEMOLISHED. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 132. Milwaukee Sentinel 1851, 4/12. 2/3. Milwaukee Sentinel 1853, 4/14, 2/5. Milwaukee Sentinel 1853, 9/23, 3/2. Milwaukee Sentinel 1855, 12/27, 3/1. Milwaukee Sentinel 1870, 12/1, 4/3. Milwaukee Sentinel 1870, 12/2,6, 4/1. Wisconsin Academy Review, XVII, #4, Winter, 1970-1971, p. 3. Milwaukee Houses of Worship, 1975. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |