Property Record
150' S OF W ON E SIDE OF I IN NEW DIGGINGS
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | NEW DIGGINGS PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH |
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Other Name: | NEW DIGGINGS PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 65184 |
Location (Address): | 150' S OF W ON E SIDE OF I IN NEW DIGGINGS |
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County: | Lafayette |
City: | |
Township/Village: | New Diggings |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 1 |
Range: | 1 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 26 |
Quarter Section: | NE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
Year Built: | 1903 |
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Additions: | 1904 |
Survey Date: | 1977 |
Historic Use: | church |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Clapboard |
Architect: | Father Samuel Mazzuchelli |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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National Register Listing Date: | |
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Additional Information: | THE FRAME EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHURCH HAS A STEEPLY PITCHED SLOPING ROOF, POINTED ARCHED STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WOODEN SHUTTERS. A GABLED ENTRANCE AND THE BALUSTRATED, OPEN BELFRY WITH INTERSECTING GABLED ROOFS EXTENDS IN FRONT OF THE STREET FACING GABLE END OF THE CHURCH. THE CLAP BOARDS IN THE FRONT GABLE ARE ARRANGED IN A SYMBOLIC "RISING SUN" MOTIF, WHILE THE CLAPBOARDS ON THE ENTRANCE PORTICO ARE ARRANGED IN A PATTERN OF RAYS RADIATING OUT FROM THE POINTED ARCHED ENTRANCE PORTAL. A SMALL SHED ROOFED EXTENSION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FACADE, SOUTH OF THE DOUBLE DOOR ENTRANCE PORTICO. THIS VERNACULAR GOTHIC REVIVAL CHURCH OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY GOTHIC PERIOD COUNTRY CHURCH, STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE AND IN A PICTURESQUE RURAL SETTING. ONE OF ONLY THREE BUILDINGS OF ANY CONSEQUENCE IN NEW DIGGINGS, THIS CHURCH IS A VISUAL LANDMARK FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. |
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Bibliographic References: | A. SHULLSBURG "PICK AND GAD," 6 AUGUST, 1903. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |