701 MACFARLANE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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701 MACFARLANE RD

Architecture and History Inventory
701 MACFARLANE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:St. John's Lutheran Church
Other Name:Grace Bible Church
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:3690
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):701 MACFARLANE RD
County:Columbia
City:Portage
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1874
Additions: 1894
Survey Date:1992
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Romanesque Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Church Hill Historic District
National Register Listing Date:1/25/1997
State Register Listing Date:3/25/1996
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NOTES
Additional Information:ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS, SQUARE TOWER W/ ROUND WINDOW.

#650: Parsonage; 141 E. Franklin 39/29.

Center steeple; tower with double door main entrance surrounded by voussior and stained glass fanlight circular window, and corbeling, and lantlern with double loovered openings with round arch lintels and corbel steps; no spire; pilasters at corner of steeple, corners of building, and along side elevations; round arch windows with stained glass and round arch lintel and corbel steps placed between pilasters with corbeling along facade and side elevations; parapets at facade and rear elevation; rear wing of cream brick.

Built by Gust. Mattke and Ferdinand Schultz; Mr. Brund, mason.
Bibliographic References:(A) Portage Bicentennial Committee 1976. (B) Division of Historic Preservation SHSW, site files (photo). (C) Sanborn-Perris Map 1929. (D) St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1934; 1944. PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER 5/11/1996.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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