N6800 STH 146, NE CNR OF STH 146 AND CEMETERY RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N6800 STH 146, NE CNR OF STH 146 AND CEMETERY RD

Architecture and History Inventory
N6800 STH 146, NE CNR OF STH 146 AND CEMETERY RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Cambria Cemetery Memorial Chapel
Other Name:Cambria Cemetery Memorial Chapel
Contributing:
Reference Number:133139
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address): N6800 STH 146, NE CNR OF STH 146 AND CEMETERY RD
County:Columbia
City:
Township/Village:Courtland
Unincorporated Community:
Town:12
Range:12
Direction:E
Section:8
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1938
Additions:
Survey Date:20042021
Historic Use:cemetery building
Architectural Style:Late Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:The Cambria Cemetery Memorial Chapel is situated at the extreme rear (east) end of the Cambria Cemetery. It is a small, front-gabled building finished with random, coursed lannon stone. The roof of this New-Gothic Revival chapel is covered with slate. The front (west) facade features a pointed-arch entrance portal surmounted by a traceried rose window. The entrance is composed of a pair of paneled wooden doors topped with a broad, pointed-arch, wooden screen. The side facades are nearly identical, displaying clinging buttresses and small, paired, pointed-arch windows with leaded glass. Stone corbelling enriches the side facades. A heavy, rectangular, stone chimney rises on the rear (east) facade. Cambria Cemetery was established in 1863. Planning for the Memorial Chapel was initiated by the Cambria Shakespeare Club, which began a fund-raising campaign in late 1936. The cornerstone was laid in October 1938 and the chapel was dedicated on 28 May 1939.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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