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709 N 6th ST

National or State Register of Historic Places
709 N 6th ST | National or State Registers Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Zion Lutheran Church
Reference Number:100010206
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):709 N 6th ST
County:Marathon
City/Village:Wausau
Township:
SUMMARY
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.

PROPERTY FEATURES
Period of Significance:1953-1963
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)
DESIGNATIONS
Historic Status:Date Received/Pending Nomination
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 RESOURCES WITHIN PROPERTY
Number of Contributing Buildings:1
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
RECORD LOCATION
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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