Property Record
11450 N WAUWATOSA RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Mequon |
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| Other Name: | Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Mequon |
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| Reference Number: | 75855 |
| Location (Address): | 11450 N WAUWATOSA RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 19902014 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | William Hilgen |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2007- "Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is Neo-Gothic Revival in style, and sits on a stone foundation. It is rectangular in plan, finished with brick, and capped with an asphalt-shingled, gable roof. Erected in 1909, the church possesses two additions, dating from 1948 and 1965.6 The interior was also remodeled in 1965. Although records do not indicate what these additions were, physical evidence suggests that the stuccoed, gabled section appended to the rear (east) of the church likely dates from 1948, and the front (west) end probably dates from 1965. The fagade overlooking North Wauwatosa Road currently displays a large, gothic-arched window with tracery, flanked by smaller, gothic-arched windows. A square bell tower with a pyramidal roof rises on the south-facing (side) fac;:ade of the church. The tower displays pointed-arched openings and a stone panel that reads: EV. LUTH. DREIEINICKEITS KIRCHE, WEST MEQUON. The tower probably originally anchored the corner of the front (west-facing) fac;:ade, and the original front facade likely was removed in 1965. East of the tower, gothic-arched windows with leaded glass are regularly placed on both the north- and south-facing (side) facades of the church, suggesting that this is probably the original block of the church. West of the tower, there are a few, small casement windows on the south-facing (side) fac;:ade. An enclosed, gabled entrance porch appears at the west end of the north-facing (side) fac;:ade, facing the parking lot. This entrance porch displays small casement windows matching those on the west end of the south-facing fac;:ade, indicating that the entrance porch is a part of the 1965 addition." -"Wauwatosa Rd, Mequo Rd-Pioneer Rd," WisDOT #2040-00-00, Prepared by Elizabeth L. Miller. (2007). DESCRIPTION This brown brick church was built in 1909. It has a main block with a steeply-pitched gable roof. The windows of this block are Gothic arched stained glass windows with a tripartite grouped flanked by an individual arch. The arches are brick with stone keystones. The tower is square with a steep pent roof with decorative chimneys rising from the flat roof that is topped with stone. Numerous narrow stained glass gothic arched windows punctuate the tower and a large Gothic arch covers the Gothic arch openings of the bell tower. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The first meeting of this congregation was held in 1867 and soon purchased land for a church building. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was affiliated with the Wisconsin Synod. In January 1860, the congregation's from a church was dedicated. This church was built for the congregation in 1909. An addition was added in 1948. In 1965 another addition was assed to the church and the interior was remolded. In 1970, there were about 300 active members of the congregation. [g, history of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church] |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Tax Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheran Immigration, Mequon: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. A partial list of buildings designed by William Hilgen is included in Alice Schimmelpfennig Wendt's, "Hilgen Heirs" (1988) and it cites Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Mequon (1909) as one of his designs. Hilgen also designed Trinity Ev. Lutheran (1902), South Mequon. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |