Property Record
1916 WAUWATOSA AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Underwood Memorial Baptist Church |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 77454 |
| Location (Address): | 1916 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1953 |
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| Survey Date: | 20102016 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | Mark F. Pfaller |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/20/2012 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/19/2011 |
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| Additional Information: | The Underwood Memorial Baptist Church was constructed in 1953 for the existing Baptist congregation that had occupied two other churches along Wauwatosa Avenue previously. The church was designed by architect Mark Pfaller. The congregation still occupies the church. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Designated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. Original permit, 11 May 1953; cited as complete except that dumbwaiter had not been enclosed as of 2 December 1954. Estimated cost: $280,000. The Wauwatosa Story. Wauwatosa, WI: Wauwatosa Board of Education, 1961. ‘Historic Wauwatosa,’ newsletter. Wauwatosa Historical Society. Wauwatosa Public Library general history files. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |