Property Record
1853 N 75TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Baptist Church of Wauwatosa |
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| Other Name: | Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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| Reference Number: | 8964 |
| Location (Address): | 1853 N 75TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Additions: | 1905 1979 |
| Survey Date: | 19952016 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS AND DOORWAY, SHINGLED GABLES, ELABORATE CHIMNEY, UNUSUAL STEEPLE. A 16 horse and carriage sheds were located in back of building. Church cost $11,669.47. The First Baptist Church of Wauwatosa was constructed in 1888 as a replacement for the smaller First Baptist Church, which was eventually moved to Wauwatosa Cemetery for use as a chapel. The congregation grew and renamed their church the Underwood Memorial Baptist Church, after the influential and first Wauwatosa minister, in 1907. The Baptist congregation moved in 1953 to a new church located nearby at the intersection of Hillcrest Drive and Wauwatosa Avenue. The church building remained empty for a few years when, in 1961, it was purchased by the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church. The new congregation renovated the church in 1979. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WAUWATOSA NEW TIMES 10/25/1990. WAUWATOSA LANDMARKS, WAUWATOSA LANDMARK COMMISSION, 1994. 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 |