| Additional Information: | 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up:
This restrained Late Gothic (or Neo-Gothic) Revival-style church with attached parsonage is sheathed with brick and topped with a steeply pitched, gabled roof covered with asphalt shingles. The church proper is located at the immediate intersection of Mead Avenue and S. 10th Street, with the parsonage attached at its east end along Mead Avenue and a large 1986 addition extending to the south along S. 10th Street. Regarding the 1953 church proper, buttressing alternates with rectangular and tripartite, stained-glass window groupings, while Gothic-arched windows are evident along the gabled wing at its northeast corner, as well as the gabled endwall along S. 10th Street; while a Gothic-arched entrance is found at the northwest corner. The 1986 addition “matches” the original 1953 design, but is simpler in its execution.
Designed by Sheboygan architect W.F. Weeks Jr., this church with attached parsonage was completed in 1953 as Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod). The congregation was organized in 1864 as the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and four years later their first church was completed at the corner of S. 10th Street and Indiana Avenue. In 1892, their second house of worship was built at S. 9th Street and Clara Avenue. In 1913, the congregation reorganized as Our Savior’s English Lutheran Church and, nine years later, the church was physically relocated to the corner of S. 10th Street and High Avenue (See Recommendation for 932 High Avenue). In 1952, they sold the building to the First Assembly of God and moved to the current location the following year, with dedication services held on 17 May 1953. The architect of the church was William F. Weeks Jr. In 1984, the congregation embarked on a Three Phase Expansion program that began with a new administrative office, a new working sacristy, and three remodeled classrooms in the Parish House. Dedication was held in November 1984. The following year, a $300,000 addition (Phase II) was made along N. 10th Street which expanded the narthex and added classrooms, an elevator, restrooms. Phase III, consisting of renovations of the church interior, which were directed by the Potente Studios of Kenosha, was completed in 1991. The congregation continues to occupy the church today.
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006.
Citations for the recommendation write-up in the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan:
“Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Members Acquire Land, Plan to Build a New Home Soon,” The Sheboygan Press, 31 July 1947, 19; “First Assembly of God Dedicates South Side Church Monday,” The Sheboygan Press, 11 November 1952, 12; Dedicate Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Sunday,” The Sheboygan Press, 14 May 1953, 8; “Our Savior’s To Mark Centennial,” The Sheboygan Press, 5 September 1969, 16; “Groundbreaking Set Sunday at Our Savior’s Lutheran,” The Sheboygan Press, 29 July 1985, 14; “Church Remodeling Project Set,” The Sheboygan Press, 10 August 1985, 22; “Our Savior’s Dedicates Addition,” The Sheboygan Press, 12 April 1986, 18; “Our Savior’s Dedicates Renovated Sanctuary,” The Sheboygan Press, 9 November 1991, 10. |
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