Property Record
5900 7TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9500 |
| Location (Address): | 5900 7TH AVE |
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| County: | Kenosha |
| City: | Kenosha |
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| Year Built: | 1872 |
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| Survey Date: | 1987 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | A.H. ELWOOD |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | St. Matthew's Episcopal Church |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/6/1979 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Library Park Historic District |
| National Register Listing Date: | 11/29/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. LANCET WINDOWS. FLYING BUTTRESSES SURMOUNTED BY CROSS GABLETS. SQUARE CRENELLATED TOWER ON CNR. "The Episcopal congregation of St. Matthew's was organized in 1840, the fourth Episcopal church to be organized in the old Northwest Territory. A.H. Ellwood, an architect from Aurora, Illinois who specialized in designing churches, schools, and public buildings, was selected to design the church. Begun in 872 and completed in 1879, the church is built of Joliet (Illinois) and Racine (Wisconsin) limestone in the Gothic Revival style. Ellwood's work is distinctive in its duplication of historic Gothic architectural details -- far more than is usually seen in works of this period... In 1987, large Gothis windows on the south facade were replaced with contemporary stained glass windows." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
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| Bibliographic References: | KENOSHA NEWS 11/14/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |