Property Record
324 S PAGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Stoughton Universalist Church |
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Other Name: | Stoughton Historical Museum |
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Reference Number: | 5936 |
Location (Address): | 324 S PAGE ST |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Stoughton |
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Year Built: | 1858 |
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Survey Date: | 1992 |
Historic Use: | house of worship |
Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
Architect: | P.J.HYNES/STEPHEN V.SHIPMAN |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Stoughton Universalist Church |
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National Register Listing Date: | 9/30/1982 |
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. Locally designated landmark. At a time when society saw the home as a woman’s proper sphere, Stoughton’s Universalist Church welcomed women to serve as pastors. The congregation’s first clergywoman commanded the pulpit from 1869 until 1873; two others ministered briefly from 1883 to 1884 and from 1890 until 1892. Founded in 1858, the congregation was Stoughton’s first. Members tapped Shipman, a respected regional architect, to design their cream-brick church, but the men of the congregation did much of the construction work themselves. Shipman’s Greek Revival design centers on a square wooden steeple atop a pedimented gable, whose shape is accentuated by brick corbeling. The original plans called for a large door at the center of the facade, with a window on either side, but as built, the church reverses that configuration: entryways flank an oversized two-tier window, with brick pilasters defining the three bays. |
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Bibliographic References: | Southwest Side Historic District brochure, 1999. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |