W SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY Z, .1 M N OF STATE HIGHWAY 78

W SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY Z, .1 M N OF STATE HIGHWAY 78

Dane

Perry

5

6

E

7

NE

NE

1852

1979

house of worship

Front Gabled

Log

Clapboard

No

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. Two Lutheran factions--members of the official state Norwegian church and followers of Norwegian religious reformer Hans Nielson Hauge--cooperated to build this meeting house in 1852, soon after they settled in the area. It was an unusual joint effort, since each group held different views about proper religious practice. In 1858, however, the followers of the official Norwegian church split off and built their own building in nearby Daleyville. Hauge's followers continued to use the log building until 1887, when they also erected a new structure elsewhere. Today the little log church is cared for by the Perry Hauge Log Church Preservation Association. The design of the one-room church was simple and functional, constructed of logs and coated inside with a thin lime plaster. In later years, the exterior was sheathed in clapboards, but the log construction remains evident on the interior. The original pews, pulpit, and altar rail are extant, as is a small balcony with a latticed railing.

DATE OF CONSTRUCTION IS FROM A PLAQUE ON THE BUILDING. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 12/18/1994, HOME SECTION. DENMARK COUNTRY CHRONICLE 6/2/1996. Wisconsin State Journal 11/19/2001. Capital Times 7/11/2002. Mount Horeb Mail 11/13/2003. Capital Times 1/15/2004. Capital Times 1/29/2004. Capital Times 6/17/2003. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. 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. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).

Hauge Log Church

Dec 31, 1974

Jan 01, 1989