First Methodist Church
First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) is located in Wisconsin
First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) is located in the United States
First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Location502 N. Main St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°01′12″N 88°32′13″W / 44.02°N 88.536944°W / 44.02; -88.536944
Arealess than one acre
Built1874-75, 1924-25
ArchitectWilliam Walters (original)
Auler & Jensen (1924 renovation)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.95000247[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1995

The First Methodist Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is a historic church at 502 N. Main Street. It was built as the Wagner Opera House. The main structure was built in Italianate style 1874-75 but it was renovated extensively to its current Neoclassical appearance in 1924–25.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

It is a brick building. It is unusual in Wisconsin as an urban church building with storefronts at street-level. The building was begun as an opera house, until damaged by a fire in 1874. At that point the Methodist congregation bought it and completed it as a Neo-Classical-styled church. After they moved to a new building in 1970, it was used by Boys' Club and as a homeless shelter.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Elizabeth L. (September 30, 1993). "First Methodist Church". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2015. With 10 photos.
  3. ↑ Publius Virgilius Lawson (1908), History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People, C.F. Cooper and Company, pp. 559–


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