Church Street Historic District | |
 Church Street Historic District | |
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| Location | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°3′6″N88°0′37″W / 44.05167°N 88.01028°W Coordinates: 44°3′6″N88°0′37″W / 44.05167°N 88.01028°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001099 |
| Added to NRHP | August 10, 1989 |
The Church Street Historic District is a one-block neighborhood of historic homes built from about 1857 to 1920. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] [2]
Wauwatosa was founded in 1835, around the meeting of what is now Harwood Avenue and State Street. In 1853 a portion of the district was platted as the first residential street of Wauwatosa. [3] The Congregational church constructed that year in what is now the district was the first religious structure built in the community, and gave Church Street its name. [2]
Fourteen surviving historic structures comprise the district, exemplifying a typical progression of architectural styles for the U.S. They include, in roughly the order built:
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