First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)

	First Methodist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	502 N. Main St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°01′12″N 88°32′13″W / 44.02°N 88.536944°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1874-75, 1924-25
Architect	William Walters (original); Auler & Jensen (1924 renovation)
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	95000247
Added to NRHP	March 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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Publius Virgilius Lawson (1908), History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People, C.F. Cooper and Company, pp. 559–

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-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.

[Lawson1908-3] Publius Virgilius Lawson (1908), History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People, C.F. Cooper and Company, pp. 559–

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