Property Record
310 JEFFERSON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 231779 |
| Location (Address): | 310 JEFFERSON AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Omro |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Constructed in 1883, this one-and-a-half-story frame house has a rectangular plan and rests on a stone foundation. The steeply pitched side-gable roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features four gables on the front (west) facade. Scroll cut bargeboard details in the end gables. The walls are clad in vinyl siding with a faux stone wall treatment centered on the first story of the west facade. A flat roof bay is located at the south end of the west facade and features an eight-over-eight double-hung sash flanked by two four-over-four double-hung sash windows. The main entrance features a gable stoop cover with decorative iron supports and a modern metal and oval-glass door. Other fenestrations include wood eight-over-eight double-hung sash, wood multi-light picture windows flanked by six-over-six double-hung sash windows, and vinyl one-over-one double-hung sash windows with simulated muntins, all with simple wood surrounds. Constructed in 1883, this house was originally a Gothic Revival style church that housed St. John’s Episcopal congregation. As built, the church was situated with its long axis perpendicular to Jefferson Avenue. When the congregation outgrew the building, it was going to be used as a freight depot for trucks before being purchased by Grace Stearns and her husband. When it was converted into a residence, the building was turned ninety degrees on the lot and the original stained glass alter window was donated to another church. The Stearns extensive rehabilitation of the building into a Colonial Revival house rendered it no longer recognizable as the original St. John’s Episcopal Church. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |