Property Record
541 STATE HIGHWAY 59
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church |
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| Other Name: | Salem United Methodist Church |
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| Reference Number: | 227991 |
| Location (Address): | 541 STATE HIGHWAY 59 |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Waukesha |
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| Year Built: | 1966 |
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| Survey Date: | 20142020 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Architects III; T. V. John and Sons of Elm Grove, general contractor; Scopp Electric Co.; Pflugradt Co. (heating); Randall Plumbing and Heating Co. (plumbing) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Resurveyed in June 2020 by UWM-CRM as part of STH 59 reconstruction project (WisDOT ID# 2773-10-70). Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church was constructed in 1965. The church complex consists of an A-frame sanctuary, a flat-roofed fellowship hall, and a flat-roofed classroom wing. The sanctuary has a tall, prominent roof clad in concrete tile shingles. The roof is capped by a flat deck containing skylights. The lower portion of the church’s exterior walls contain structural concrete piers; the wall bays between the piers are clad in Lannon stone and have horizontal wood clerestory windows beneath deeply-overhanging eaves. The fellowship hall is located near the center of the complex and connects the sanctuary, entrance spaces, and the classroom wing. The one-story classroom wing is lower in height than the fellowship hall. The north and south (long) elevations of the classroom wing are clad in Lannon stone and have tall, paired windows and Contemporary-style projecting roof beams. The east end of the classroom wing is glad in concrete block. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1965 datestone. Dedication 15 May 1966. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |