5934 8TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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5934 8TH AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
5934 8TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Other Name:FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:9531
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):5934 8TH AVE
County:Kenosha
City:Kenosha
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1874
Additions: 1962
Survey Date:1987
Historic Use:house of worship
Architectural Style:Early Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Library Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/29/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:CORBELLED CORNICE. POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS AND DOORS. SQUARE TOWERS FLANKING ENTRY, ONE W/STEEPLE, ONE W/CROSS GABLE. ROSE WINDOW IN GABLE. CHRIS GEORGE WAS THE ORIGINAL BUILDER.

"This cream brick Gothic Revival church was built by local contractor Chris George beginning in 1874. The building has a rectangular plan with a steeply pitched gable roof. Towers flank each side of the front facade and are decorated with corner buttresses and brick corbelling. The south tower rises to a 150-foot spire. Stained glass windows all have stone gothic arches and stone stills, except for round windows in the towers, a teardrop window in the front facade, and the massive rose window dominating the streetfront." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
Bibliographic References:CHURCH HISTORY. KENOSHA NEWS 10/25/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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