Property Record
105 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Pardeeville Presbyterian Church |
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| Other Name: | United Presbyterian Church |
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| Reference Number: | 3572 |
| Location (Address): | 105 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Pardeeville |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Survey Date: | 1974 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Pardeeville Presbyterian Church |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/15/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. Set on a knoll and surrounded by a lawn and trees, this church is elegant in its Greek Revival simplicity. A large triangular pediment, bearing the 1857 date when the congregation was founded, dominates the symmetrical facade. Corner pilasters rise to a projecting cornice, and prominent hoods crown tall, narrow triple-sash windows and a paneled door. Above the peak of the pediment rises a two-stage steeple terminating in a tall spire, made of heavy timbers joined by pegged mortises and tenons. Wooden shingles originally covered the copper-sheathed spire. The Pardeeville Presbyterian congregation built this church in 1864, modeling it on the Welsh Congregational Church (now gone) in nearby Cambria. Alterations to the building include a small vestry added to the rear in 1957 and the remodeling of the interior in the 1950s and 1960s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Portage Daily Register 3/12/1997. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Title: Of places, of people, of eras : Cambria, 1844-1976 / Nancy Schreiber Nettesheim, editor ; funded by Sarah Jones. Publisher: [s.l. : s.n.], 1976 (s.l. : J.W. Jung Seed Co.) Description: ca. 100 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.HistoryCambria.p0023&id=WI.HistoryCambria&isize=M&pview=hide |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |