Property Record
1501 N ERIE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 10925 |
| Location (Address): | 1501 N ERIE ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1896 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS AND ENTRY. NUMEROUS SPIRES AND CUPOLAS. "Among the oldest congregations on the Northside is St. John's Lutheran, whose present church building, erected in 1896, is the third to stand on the northeast corner of Erie and Kewaunee Streets. St. John's was organized in 1862 by a group of German Lutherans who split from the First Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Southside. Two lots were purchased on the present St. John's site and a frame church and school built. A brick church replaced the frame one in 1866, and this in turn was enlarged in 1884. When the church again became overcrowded, it was decided to build a new structure. Schnetzski and Liebert, Architects, of Milwaukee furnished the Gothic Revival design. Its tall central tower and pinnacled spire, flanked by smaller towers with spires in a massive west front, show a strong Germanic influence. Fred Mertins of Racine was the contractor. The entire cost of the building was a modest $20,319.16!" Renewing Our Roots: The Northside, Racine, Wisconsin, Preservation-Racine, Inc., not dated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PRESERVATION RACINE, INC. NEWSLETTER, SUMMER 1996. Racine Journal Times 12/4/1996. Renewing Our Roots: The Northside, Racine, Wisconsin, Preservation-Racine, Inc., not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |