Property Record
318 W MAIN ST / STATE HIGHWAY 20
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 12370 |
| Location (Address): | 318 W MAIN ST / STATE HIGHWAY 20 |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Waterford |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Additions: | 1923 |
| Survey Date: | 19752012 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Joe Topp (Carpenter); Charles Johnson (Carpenter); Daniel Foat (Mason) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | POINTED ARCH STAINED GLASS WINDOWSWOOD SHINGLES IN GABLE AND AS BELT COURSECRENELLATED TOWER ROOF Vinyl siding applied over wood clapboard and shinglework gables -- Heritage Research (2012). In the mid 1840s, Waterford’s Congregationalists and Methodists both utilized the same school for their separate services; the Congregationalists constructed their own church in the 1850s (no longer extant) and the Methodist element essentially disappeared. Methodist services were restored in 1868 and they eventually utilized the basement of the Congregationalist Church for services. Eventually, the German-speaking Methodist contingent built their own church (no longer extant). Meanwhile, the English-speaking group waited until 1874 to build the subject church. The masonry work was completed by Daniel Foat while the carpentry was done by Joe Topp and Charles Johnson. The two groups merged in 1923 as the Community Methodist Episcopal Church of Waterford and the subject building was enlarged and remodeled as a result. The congregation has since moved to a new house of worship in the past few years and the subject church has been rented out to other church groups and as an antique mall. Architecture/History Survey of STH 20, WisDOT ID#2250-12-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2012). |
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| Bibliographic References: | "Grassroots History of Racine County." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |