Property Record
120 W PLEASANT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Presbyterian Church of Fort Winnebago |
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| Other Name: | Portage First Presbyterian Church |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 3717 |
| Location (Address): | 120 W PLEASANT ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Additions: | 1955 |
| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | William Piehn; Volk & Son |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Church Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/25/1997 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 3/25/1996 |
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| Additional Information: | WINDOWS W/ TRACERY. A LATIN CROSS FORM WITH IRREGULAR MASSING; BROAD SHINGLED GABLES WITH BRACKETS; BELL TOWER; STEEPLE WITH A SQUARE TOWER; SHINGLED LANTEN WITH TURRET, AND FOUR SIDED SPIRE; VESTIBULE WITH RECESSED ROUND ARCH ENTRANCE; BUTTRESSES; PALLADIAN AND ROUND ARCH WINDOWS WITH STAINED GLASS. RELATED BUILDING: WESTMINISTER CENTER (35/13) - TILE, ONE STORY, FLAT ROOFED WITH CONCRETE FOUNDATION ADDITION CONNECTED BY A WALKWAY TO THE CHURCH. This church was designed on the Akron Plan where the pews are arranged in a series of concentric segmental arcs. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Date/name stone. (B) Sanborn-Perris Map 1929. (C) Democrat 7/16/1900. (D) Cogle, George A. and Co. 1921:271 (???) PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER 5/11/1996. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |