Property Record
10311 STATE HIGHWAY 78
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | EAST WIOTA LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 28751 |
| Location (Address): | 10311 STATE HIGHWAY 78 |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Wiota |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 16 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1851 |
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| Additions: | 1871 1906 |
| Survey Date: | 19772014 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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. The church was remodeled in 1871 and the addition constructed, the church bell was added in 1876, and in 1906, the basement was dug. Associated with East Wiota Lutheran Cemetery, AKA Cherry Branch Cemetery, BLT-0072, ASI #15289 2014: Interior very intact, with tongue-in-groove ceiling, wood pews, wood alter, early 20th century lights, and hand-painted windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MONROE EVENING TIMES 6/11/1994. ARGYLE AGENDA 5/11/1994. Cherry Branch Church 150th Anniversary Celebration 9/16/2001. “Architecture and History Survey: STH 78” WHS project number 14-1092/LT. July 2014. Prepared by Barbara Kooiman. From Mining to Farm Fields to Ethnic Communities: Buildings and Landscapes of Southwestern Wisconsin. Ed. Anna Vemer Andrzejewski , Arnold R. Alanen and Sarah Fayen Scarlett for “Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings and Landscapes of the Upper Midwest,” 2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |