Property Record
GALENA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | METHODIST CHURCH |
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Reference Number: | 66590 |
Location (Address): | GALENA ST |
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County: | Lafayette |
City: | Benton |
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Year Built: | 1847 |
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Survey Date: | 1982 |
Historic Use: | church |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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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: | 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. |
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Bibliographic References: | BECK, HELEN, "HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF BENTON TOWN & VILLAGE," BENTON ADVOCATE, AUG. 1, 1924 WALTER B. CALVERT, BENTON, WI |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |