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GALENA ST

Architecture and History Inventory
GALENA ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:METHODIST CHURCH
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:66590
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):GALENA ST
County:Lafayette
City:Benton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1847
Additions:
Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:ALTERED AND MOVED IN 1883. A FRAME STRUCTURE THAT HAS A SLOPING ROOF WITH GABLE END FACING THE STREET. THIS STRUCTURE DESIGNED AS A DOUBLE ENTRANCED VERNACULAR GREEK REVIVAL CHURCH AND LATER MOVED AND DRASTICALLY ALTERED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE STILL RETAINS THE ENTRANCE IN THE GABLE END. TURNED POSTS SUPPORT THE SMALL ENTRANCE PORCH. THIS BUILDING IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF BENTON. THIS FRAME STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1847 AS A TOWN HALL FOR BENTON. THE METHODISTS HELD SERVICES ON SUNDAY IN THE BUILDING. THE METHODIST CHURCH EVENTUALLY TOOK OVER SOLE OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT METHODIST CHURCH. ABOUT 1883 THE FRAME BUILDING WAS CONSIDERED TOO SMALL. THE BUILDING WAS MOVED ACROSS THE STREET ON MAIN AND CONVERTED TO A RESIDENCE. IT WAS LATER MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE AND CONTINUED AS A RESIDENCE.
Bibliographic References:BECK, HELEN, "HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF BENTON TOWN & VILLAGE," BENTON ADVOCATE, AUG. 1, 1924 WALTER B. CALVERT, BENTON, WI
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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