Seventh Day Baptist Church (Milton, Wisconsin)
Seventh Day Baptist Church | |
 Seventh Day Baptist Church | |
| Location | 720 E. Madison Ave. Milton, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Built | 1934 |
| Architect | Hugo Haeuser |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000569 |
| Added to NRHP | August 22, 2016 |
The Seventh Day Baptist Church is a
In the 1500s and 1600s, one of the issues driving
In the late 1600s some of these Baptists from England migrated to the new world, and in the summer of 1838 some of their descendants arrived on the frontier of southern Wisconsin, staking claims near Prairie du Lac, which is now Milton. Henry Crandall and Joseph Goodrich went back east to bring their families while James Pierce stayed behind to watch their claims. After they returned, the families held their first Seventh Day Baptist meeting in 1839. They agreed to meet on Saturdays so that none would be tempted to Sunday worship by other Protestant settlers in the neighborhood.[3]
In 1852 they constructed a church on the site of the current building, on land donated by Goodrich. The congregation grew and expanded the church building several times by 1882, and again in 1902. But in November 1932 their church burned, a total loss. Though this was in the Great Depression, the congregation decided to rebuild.[3]
They hired Milwaukee architect Hugo C. Haeuser and he designed the new church in late Gothic Revival style, clad in
Other than the addition of an education wing in 1984, the 1934 building is largely intact. It was listed on the NRHP as a distinctive example of Gothic Revival architecture in Milton and for its association with Haeuser, a master-architect of churches.[3]
References
- ^ "Seventh Day Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Seventh Day Baptist Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ a b c d e Carol Lohry Cartwright (2015-07-01). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Seventh Day Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-07-24..