Property Record
10729 W FREISTADT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 55444 |
| Location (Address): | 10729 W FREISTADT RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This Collegiate Gothic school building is constructed of brick and is one story building on a raised basement. The school has a flat roof with parapet. At the center of the building id the entry pavilion raised above the roof in a manner that suggest a tower with battlements. The main entrance consists of a large door with multiple light transom. The door has a tabbed stone surround. Stone is also used to decorate the rest of the entry pravilion, and a stone cornice runs across the top of the buildigs defining the parapet. On the front facade the window of the building are very tall and wide six-over-six-light double-hung sashes. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINERING SIGNIFICANCE On this building the entry pavilion has the appearance of a tower with battlements at the top. The school also has a parapet roof and numerous decorative stone details including tabble stone surround s decoratind the front entance and other details of the building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. CEDARBURG OZAUKEE COUNTY NEWS GRAPHIC 8/10/1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |