Property Record
600 MACARTHUR AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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| Other Name: | FIRST COVENANT CHURCH |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 724 |
| Location (Address): | 600 MACARTHUR AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Additions: | 1902 |
| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | Large L-plan frame Late Gothic Revival style church on brownstone foundation with a prominent square tower and large pointed arch windows with tracery in the primary facades. Built in 1893 at 2nd Avenue West and 8th Street, the church was moved to its current location in 1902. In 1923, a basement was added and the church tower was removed at some later date. As well, a new entrance was added along MacArthur Avenue. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sharon Manthei, Ashland: Oh How You've Changed (Ashland, WI: Ashland Historical Society, 2003), page 15. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |