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Congregation was organized in a cobbler shop in 1852. Soon after, they built a frame church on the current site. This was replaced by the present building. The congregation became the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in 1900 and during the 1920s moved to a new church on S. Layton Blvd. The gothic arched windows and spire were removed when the property became a candy factory.
1973: "Alteration and Additions (as of 1973):
After the church stopped serving its original purpose, the spire and stained glass windows were removed. The former church has has interior alterations to accommodate for subsequent uses."
"Milwaukee's Norwegian community organized the Scandinavia Evangelical Lutheran Church in a cobbler's shop in 1852. Soon after, they built a frame church on this site, replacing it with this brick one in 1882. The congregation became the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in 1900 and during the 1920's moved to a new church on South Layton Boulevard. Its Gothic windows and spire removed, this building was converted into a candy factory. Today it is vacant, though full of memories of those who once worshipped here." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969.
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