Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hartland, Wisconsin)

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.[1][2]

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Location403 W. Capitol Dr., Hartland, Wisconsin
Coordinates43.10158°N 88.35350°W / 43.10158; -88.35350
Built1910, 1951
Built byJ. P. Peterson; Bernard Nienow
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSHartland MRA
NRHP reference No.86003423[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 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.[3]

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.[3]

The current pastors are Reverends Steven Ristow and Ben Steenbock.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (German)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Elizabeth Miller; John Vogel (1985). "Historic Resources of Hartland Inventory: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 25, 2017. with two photos from 1985
  4. "Zion Lutheran Church Hartland WI". Retrieved 2019-11-16.


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