Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY T, 1/4 MILE E OF STATE HIGHWAY 23, S SIDE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Unity Chapel |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 16190 |
Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY T, 1/4 MILE E OF STATE HIGHWAY 23, S SIDE |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Wyoming |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 8 |
Range: | 4 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 31 |
Quarter Section: | NE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
Year Built: | 1885 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 1976 |
Historic Use: | church |
Architectural Style: | Shingle Style |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
Architect: | Joseph Lyman Silsbee |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Unity Chapel |
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National Register Listing Date: | 7/18/1974 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
National Register Multiple Property Name: |
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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Shingle style chapel designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an early Chicago employer of Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright "looked after the interior" of this chapel in his earliest-known architectural effort. Wright was buried in the chapel graveyard. JMD in the photo code is for Jeff Dean's personal photos. |
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Bibliographic References: | Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |