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Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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and Co. were added around 1900. In 1937-38 the building was remodeled, with changes to the main vestibule, the chapel, the north wing parlor, and the gallery at the north end of the nave. In 1957-58 the chancel was expanded, the pastor's study and custodian's workshop were added on the south, the
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Church and North Presbyterian Church, which were founded in 1837 and 1849. By 1873 the merged congregation was ready to build a new church building.
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The new building was dedicated in 1875, grand and exuberant, with asymmetric square towers, various groupings of
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pews and pulpit were replaced, and the old wood trim in the auditorium was bleached to match the new pews.
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Then on December 31, 1887, during a snowstorm in the night after a choir performed
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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Immanuel congregation was formed in 1870, a merger of First
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Mary Ellen Wietczykowski; Donald N. Anderson (1974-08-08).
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Inventory-Nomination Form: Immanuel Presbyterian Church
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Immanuel Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is located in Wisconsin
Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is located in the United States
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
43°2′41″N 87°53′58″W / 43.04472°N 87.89944°W / 43.04472; -87.89944
Edward Townsend Mix
High Victorian Gothic
74000104
High Victorian Gothic
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places
Presbyterian

lancet windows
rose windows
ashlar
limestone
E. Townsend Mix
Handel's Messiah
nave
chancel
Louis Comfort Tiffany
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


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