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in the brick. At the center of the north end stood a large rectangular tower, with the church's main entrance originally at its bottom. The first stage of the tower was brick, the second stage was a wood-sided
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In 1924–25, an annex (chapel) was added east of the nave to handle membership that had grown to 716. H.C. Haeuser of Milwaukee designed it to match the 1891 building, with a bit of
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The floor-plan of the 1891 building was a 39 by 71 foot rectangular. The walls were wood frame clad in cream brick, on a raised foundation of rock-faced Waukesha
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In December 2005 a fire destroyed the old 1891 building. Little was left, so the congregation built a new church on the same site.
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and was worshiping in a large stone structure built in 1840 to house the Prairieville Academy, which had moved on to become
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style added - yet another style. At the same time, Haeuser directed renovations inside the old nave.
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Inside, two rows of pews faced the altar at the south end. Walls were plastered, with wooden
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blocks. The walls were broken by tall round-arched windows, and separated into bays by
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In 1934, First German's denomination merged with other similar denominations into the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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First German's congregation began in 1866, when Prof. H. Kurtz, a missionary from
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National Register of Historic Places in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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was a historic church built in 1891 at 413 Wisconsin Avenue in
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eclectic, with the symmetry and vertical lines drawn from
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in 1991. The 1891 building burned to the ground in 2005.
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Services were conducted entirely in German until around
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and steeple, topped with a cross. The style was High
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First German Reformed Church is located in Wisconsin
First German Reformed Church is located in the United States
Waukesha, Wisconsin
43°0′34″N 88°14′6″W / 43.00944°N 88.23500°W / 43.00944; -88.23500
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Waukesha, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places

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Evangelical and Reformed Church
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