503 E WALWORTH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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503 E WALWORTH AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
503 E WALWORTH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Christ Church
Other Name:EPISCOPAL CHRIST CHURCH
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Reference Number:10079
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):503 E WALWORTH AVE
County:Walworth
City:Delavan
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1879
Additions:C. 1965
Survey Date:19942024
Historic Use:house of worship
Architectural Style:Early Gothic 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:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:LANCET WINDOWS AND ENTRY. PHOTO OBSCURED BY TREES. 2024: Early Gothic Revival-style church constructed in 1879. The church has a cream brick exterior and cross-gabled roof sheathed in asphalt shingles. The south-facing facade consists of a steeply pitched center gable flanked to the west by a three-story, square tower. Main entrance is flanked by brick pilasters with stone caps and Gothic arch, stained-glass windows. It is composed of Tudor-arched wood doors with a Gothic-arched transom window. Centered above the entrance is a clerestory storm window with simple tracery that shields the more elaborate, original tracery window beneath. A side-gabled bay on the west elevation connects the church to an addition that includes a circular, five-sided chapel. On the east elevation, another side-gabled entrance bay connects the church to a c.1965, flat roofed addition. Fenestration is primarily original, stained-glass windows with Gothic arches and decorative tracery.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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