| Additional Information: | The entire church was conceived in 1952, by Alfred H. Zarse, who, at the time, was a partner at Lindl-Schutte & Associates. The 1968 plans, based on the originals, were also drawn by Zarse, who by that time was working with his son Leigh, of Zarse & Zarse, Inc. An elevator addition was added in 1996.
Completed in 1953, this English Colonial/Georgian Revival style church is generally side-gabled in form and is faced with red brick. Resting on a raised basement level, this church features a central, front-gabled and pedimented entry with four wooden columnar supports that rest on a concrete plinth. A wooden, double-door entry rests beneath a semi-circular transom, while single, double-hung sash windows rest to either side of the entryway. What appears to be a modern, but sympathetic addition, rests immediately adjacent to the central entrance. Identical one-story wings extend from either end of the church; each carries a wooden door with a classical surround next to a pair of six-over-six-light windows. The gabled peak features a four-light, round window and return eaves accent the gable. Windows along the church proper consist of rectangular, basement-level openings set beneath arched first-floor examples, but are separated by a square, wooden panel; each features multiple-light paning.
Although citing beginnings in 1922, Greenfield Avenue Presbyterian Church was formally organized as a mission church in May of 1926 in a former "garage hall" located at 98th & Greenfield. Dedication of the new building occurred the following year. The congregation's mission status was discontinued in April of 1943. Due to the construction of the expressway, their original location had to be abandoned. The present church building, which was designed by Lindl & Schutte & Assoc., was built at the current location on S. 97th Street in 1953. An addition, designed by Zarse & Zarse, was made to the church in 1969, while an elevator addition was recently added in 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "History of Greenfield Avenue Prebyterian Church," historical sketch located on the church website at www.gapc-usa.com, accessed in March 2007. building permits, dated 18 November 1952 and 7 February 1969, On file at the West Allis City Hall.
"History of Greenfield Avenue Presbyterian Church," Historical sketch located on the church website at www.gapc-usa.com, Accessed on 30 March 2007; Building permits, dated 18 November 1952 and 7 February 1969, on file at the West Allis City Hall; "Greenfield Avenue Presbyterian Church," Historical sketch compiled and written by Betty Hartwig, Included in Miscellaneous Churches Binder, On file at the WAHS.
Original plans, drawn by Alfred H. Zarse, of Lindl-Schutte & Assoc., dated 1952, On file at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive, Milwaukee, WI. Plans, 1969 addition (dated October 1968), drawn by Alfred H. Zarse of Zarse & Zarse, Inc., also on file at the WAA.
DOE completed by Heritage Research, Ltd. in 2008 in association with the Zoo Interchange reconstruction project. |
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