Property Record
1135 ARTHUR AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | RIVER OF LIFE MINISTRIES |
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| Reference Number: | 66373 |
| Location (Address): | 1135 ARTHUR AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2005-REPLACEMENT SIDING AND ADA RAMP, ALTERED BELFRY, ORIGINAL WINDOWS. 1980-THIS FRAME CHURCH IS L SHAPED IN PLAN WITH A PYRAMIDAL ROOFED BELL TOWER ADJOINING THE MAIN GABLE. ARCHED LOUVERS OCCUR BENEATH THE TOWER ROOF, A PAIR OF LANCET WINDOWS IS LOCATED BELOW THE LOUVERS. SIMPLE LANCET WINDOWS LIGHT THE SANCTUARY, A SEMICIRCULAR WINDOW MARKS THE GABLE END. METAL ROOFS COVER BOTH GABLES. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE SIMPLE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE AND THE ONLY REMAINING CHURCH OF THIS PLAN IN THE CITY. ANOTHER SIMPLE FRAME GOTHIC CHURCH IS LOCATED AT 101 TENTH AVE. (OS 3/11). HISTORICAL STATEMENT: ANOTHER HISTORIC NAME FOR THE BUILDING BESIDES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH WAS EMMANUAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. IT WAS VACANT IN 1981. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. OSHKOSH CITY DIRECTORIES, 1908-1910. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |