709 N 6th ST
Historic Name: | Zion Lutheran Church |
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Reference Number: | 100010206 |
Location (Address): | 709 N 6th ST |
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County: | Marathon |
City/Village: | Wausau |
Township: |
Zion Lutheran Church 709 North 6th Street. Wausau, Marathon County Date of Construction: 1953 Architect: Frank A. Abramhamson; Erhard Stoettner: (stained glass) Zion Lutheran Church is as a very good example of the Late Gothic Revival style as executed on a mid-twentieth century house of worship. Designed by Frank A. Abrahamson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and built in 1953, the cruciform church is constructed of both Stevens Point sandstone and Indiana limestone. In addition to its masonry construction, the church’s character-defining features include its steeply pitched rooflines finished with terra cotta tile, irregular massing, and Gothic- (or pointed-) arch windows and doors with stone quoining, as well as parapet endwalls with stone coping and modest buttressing. The windows, most of which are elaborated with stone tracery, feature brightly colored stained glass created by noted craftsman Erhard Stoettner of the T.C. Esser Company of Milwaukee. Additional interior finishes include handmade ceramic floor tile handcrafted by the Nemadji Tile and Pottery Company of Moose Lake, Minnesota; wooden roof trusses and ceiling beams; along with a significant amount of original wooden church furniture produced by the Ossit Church Furniture Company of Janesville, Wisconsin. Although a small, one-story elevator addition was constructed at the northwest corner of the church in 1995, it was executed with the same materials as the original block and did little to alter the church’s original design. |
Period of Significance: | 1953-1963 |
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Area of Significance: | Architecture |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Historic Use: | Religion: Religious Facility |
Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
Resource Type: | Building |
Architect: | Abrahamson, Frank A. |
Architect: | Stoettner, Erhard (stained glass) |
Historic Status: | Date Received/Pending Nomination |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 04/11/2024 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/17/2023 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |