National Register of Historic Places

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hartland, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Listed
December 8, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86003423

About this property

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Neogothic Revival-styled church built in 1910 in Hartland, Wisconsin to serve its German-speaking Lutheran congregation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Many Germans settled in Hartland in the mid-1800s. In 1867 local Germans and Danes formed a Lutheran congregation, constructing a church building. By 1910 there were strains, and the congregation split along ethnic lines. The Danes bought the old church, across the street from this building. The Germans built this new church building in 1910, with J.P. Peterson and Bernard Nienow as general contractors and the members donating labor. The foundation is fieldstone, with cream brick walls sitting on that, sheltered under a gable roof. The front square tower has a shingled spire topped with a cross. The NRHP nomination deems the building architecturally significant "as a good local example of the Gothic Revival style", but it is a rather squat Gothic Revival, with only a hint of a point on the arches. A 1951 addition to the rear does not detract from the building's architectural integrity. The current pastors are Reverends Steven Ristow and Ben Steenbock.

Location

403 W. Capitol Dr.
Hartland, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
43.10160, -88.35318

Categories

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Sources

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When was Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church listed on the National Register?

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1986.

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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