First Congregational Church (Hartland, Wisconsin)

First Congregational Church is located in Hartland, Wisconsin. The church was built in the Gothic Revival architecture style in 1923. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1986, for its architectural significance.^[2]

First Congregational Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	214 E. Capitol Dr., Hartland, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°6′18″N 88°20′36″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1923
Architect	Redden, William J.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other, Neogothic Revival
MPS	Hartland MRA
NRHP reference No.	86003405[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1986

The congregation was founded by 1842, meeting in Henry Cheney's barn. It built a church in 1847. The present church was built in 1923.^[3]

It was deemed to be one of two "fine local examples of the Gothic Revival style" in Hartland, with the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, also NRHP-listed as part of the same study. The Dansk Evangelical Lutheran Kirke was deemed to be a more unusual example of the style.^[4]: 12

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "First Congregational Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
3. "Wisconsin Inventory/Intensive Survey: First Congregational Church". National Park Service. 1986. Retrieved April 29, 2017. With three photos from 1985 and 1986.
4. John N. Vogel and Beth L. Miller (April 11, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Historic Resources of Hartland". National Park Service. Retrieved April 29, 2017.