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St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Encyclopedia
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, or Iglesia Luterana San Pedro, is a church located in the Walker's Point neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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immigrants. The congregation is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(WELS).
During the pastorship of Rev. Reinhold Adelberg, the current church building was designed by architect Andrew Elleson in Italianate Gothic
style and built in 1885. It features landmark spires of unequal height. An accompanying school building was designed by architect John Rugee and was constructed in 1879.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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History
St. Peter's congregation (Evangelisch Lutherischen St. Peters Gemeinde) was founded February 14, 1860 by GermanGerman American
German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry and comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group...
immigrants. The congregation is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a North American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of 2008, it had a baptized membership of over 389,364 in more than 1,290 congregations,...
(WELS).
During the pastorship of Rev. Reinhold Adelberg, the current church building was designed by architect Andrew Elleson in Italianate Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style and built in 1885. It features landmark spires of unequal height. An accompanying school building was designed by architect John Rugee and was constructed in 1879.