Property Record
339 BROAD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall & Sunday School |
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| Other Name: | Private Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 60331 |
| Location (Address): | 339 BROAD ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Menasha |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 20092016 |
| Historic Use: | social recreational/fraternal hall |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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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: | 2016- "This 1 1/2 story vernacular meeting hall was constructed in 1917 as a Sunday school and meeting hall for the Trinity German Lutheran church (which was located south of the building and is now on a separate tax parcel). The meeting hall is rectangular in plan with vinyl siding and brick walls and an-asphalt-shingled hipped roof. Sometime between 1984 and 2009, the building was converted for use as a private residence. The front elevation originally faced north, but the building has been heavily altered with a 1-story, side-gabled garage addition, containing what may be the new primary entrance, projecting from the north elevation. New multi-pane windows are located at the main level of the north elevation. The east and west sides of the main building mass originally contained rows of regularly-spaced windows; these have been removed and most of the window openings have been infilled with brick or wood paneling." -"Menasha, Broad St: Tayco St to Racine St", WisDOT#4992-00-55/58, Prepared by Gail Klein, (2016). #590. In 1890 the German Trinity Lutheran Church purchased the W. P. Hewitt residence on Broad Street to use as a parsonage and school, and three years later the congregation built a brick church on the Chute Street side of the property (66-14, 336 Chute Street).(A) The Hewitt residence remained in use as until 1917 when it was replaced by Trinity Lutheran School.(B) By 1926 it was the smallest of three parochial schools buildings: St. Mary's (85-31, 528 Second Street), St. John's, and St. Patrick's (84-21, 312 Nicolet Boulevard).(C) Trinity Lutheran School served the congregation as an elementary school and community hall until the construction of the Broad Street church in 1957, after which the school was sold to the Knights of Columbus.(D) Trinity Lutheran School is associated with a significant part of Menasha's educational and religious history, but alterations have undermined the integrity of this modest structure. Located directly behind Trinity German Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran School (now Knights of Columbus) is a one-story vernacular school building. The building configuration is rectangular, and its roof is hipped. The roofing materials are asphalt shingles, the walls are painted brick, and the foundations are rock-faced ashlar limestone. The windows have been mostly boarded over, but those that remain are double-hung sash with the upper portion divided vertically by three muntins. The sole decorative feature is a stone belt course deliniating the basement and main floor levels. The main floor entry has been boarded over and replaced by a ground level entry curtained by contemporary concrete blocks. Trinity Lutheran School is architecturally undistinguished and altered to the extent that its historical significance is undermined. 2009--the former parish hall and Sunday School (not a day school as previously identified as), has since 1984, been converted for residential use. That conversion included the addtion of the garage at the front of the building, and the entire north facade has been resheathed with vinyl and a new window installed. Resurveyed 2016: No visible changes. |
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| Bibliographic References: | #690. (A) Saturday Evening Press; April 26, 1890, page 1, column 2. (B) Menasha Record; March 9, 1917; page 1, column 3. (C) Sanborn-Perris Maps; Menasha, Wisconsin; 1926. (D) Anonymous. "Dedication and Centennial." Trinity Lutheran Church, 1957. Menasha, Wisconsin. Page 16. "95th Anniversary of Menasha Trinity Church to be Observed," Appleton Post-Crescent, 10 October 1952. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |