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United Unitarian and Universalist Church

Mukwonago, US

United Unitarian and Universalist Church

The United Unitarian and Universalist Church in Mukwonago, Wisconsin is a Victorian Gothic-styled church and meeting hall built in 1878 - the only Yankee-built church remaining in the town. In 1987 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in architecture and soci

al history. Mukwonago was founded in 1836 by three Yankees from New England. Forty years later, two of those founders were still alive and helped to found this church. Sewell Andrews was a Universalist and Martin Field was a Unitarian. These were two separate denominations at the time, which would not formally merge for eighty years, but in Mukwonago they decided to form a joint congregation, chartering the town's Unitarian and Universalist church society in 1877. The following year the society started building its church right in the middle of Mukwonago, a block south of the main intersection and across the street from the homes of Andrews and Field. They chose an unusual but practical model for their building, with a public meeting hall on the first floor and worship space above. The style of the building is a pretty standard white frame church like what the founders probably knew from...

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