Property Record
238 COUNTY RD W
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WALDWICK UNITED METHODIST PARISH OF THE HILLS |
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| Other Name: | Yellowstone Methodist Church |
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| Reference Number: | 46888 |
| Location (Address): | 238 COUNTY RD W |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Waldwick |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 4 |
| Range: | 4 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 17 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1867 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Elihu Cook (builder) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. THIS LARGE, FRAME CHURCH WITH A BELL CUPOLA HAS BRACKETED WINDOW HOODS IN THE ITALIANATE VEIN. Alterations include: an addition at the north end of the church constructed in 1884, the kitchen was added in 1939, the stained glass windows were installed circa 1941, and new floors and pews were put in in 1943. Updates throughout the 1990's included replacement of the front door, a new roof, and in 1998 the church was sided. |
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| Bibliographic References: | From Southwest England to Southwest Wisconsin: Devonshire Hollow, Lafayette County. Brian P. Birch. Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 69, No. 2, Winter 1985-1986, pp 129-149. History of the Waldwick Methodist Episcopal Church: 1867-1967. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |