201 E 3RD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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201 E 3RD AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
201 E 3RD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:First Baptist Church
Other Name:CornerStone Square
Contributing:
Reference Number:21513
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):201 E 3RD AVE
County:Polk
City:Osceola
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1910
Additions:
Survey Date:1987
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Early Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect: Jones, Harry Wild (attributed)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: First Baptist Church
National Register Listing Date:3/12/2008
State Register Listing Date:10/19/2007
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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, State Historic Preservation Office. Design of building attributed to Minneapolis-based architect Harry Wild Jones; brochure of Jones' drawings and floor plans of the First Baptist Church exists. Some pages of brochure copied for NRHP nomination. SQUARE ENTRY TOWER W/SEGMENTAL ARCH DOOR FLANKED BY CNR BUTTRESSES. MITERED ARCH PARAPET OVER ENTRY. POINTED ARCH LOUVERED WINDOWS IN TOWER/BELFRY. SILL COURSE ROUNDED END W/LARGE PENT ROOF BETWEEN FLRS. Stone masons were Chris Green and Eric Klung.
Bibliographic References:Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998. Osceola Sun 5/1/2002.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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