Property Record
220 S Michigan St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 3932 |
| Location (Address): | 220 S Michigan St |
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| County: | Crawford |
| City: | Prairie du Chien |
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| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Survey Date: | 19762019 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | LANCET WINDOWS, SQUARE TOWER W/POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS AND CRENELLATIONS ABOVEPROJECTING ENTRY. The first Episcopal services in Prairie du Chien were held at Fort Crawford in 1836 by Reverend Richard Cadle. An Episcopal congregation was not formed in the wider community, however, until 1855 through the efforts of Reverend John Egar. In the interval, services continued to be held at the fort. The congregation constructed a church in 1856 as the closing of Fort Crawford meant that it could no longer serve as a meeting place. The relatively small, wood frame structure On S. Michigan Street was intended to be a temporary building until the congregation was able to construct a larger, stone church. This, however, never came to pass and by 1885, the congregation had decided that the existing building would serve as its permanent church home. Throughout its early history, recruiting permanent pastors proved difficult in some years so that between the 1860s and 1880s, the church stood vacant at various times. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is notable as one of the oldest and best-preserved churches in Prairie du Chien and is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth-century, wood frame Gothic Revival church. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |