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St.
Peter’s Evangelical Church of Helenville
c.1910
2002
1906 St.
Peter’s Lutheran School
2002
10
15 2002
Celebrated 100 years
in its present church building with a short service and the placing of a new
time capsule into the cornerstone of the church.
St. Peter’s
congregation is one of the oldest congregations in Wisconsin. Starting with only a handful of members, the
church began to grow quickly. The very
first church building was planned in October of 1848 and was constructed of
logs just north of the present building.
In 1857 the property, which encompasses the current cemetery and church
was purchased from George Haag, one of the original members of St.
Peter’s. In April of 1858 the
congregation voted to construct a new building and work began on the present
church site in June of 1861. In 1898 the
congregation marked its first 50 years and the Golden Jubilee was celebrated in
October of that year. At that time an
anniversary collection was taken and funds were designated to start a building
fund for a new church.
In late September of
1901 the decision was reached to build a new building. Plans were submitted by a Jefferson contractor
at the congregational meeting of January of 1902. The contract of $4,480 was accepted in
February of that year and the former church was moved south of the new church
with the present building built on the same site as the former.
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