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About the MuseumThe Historical Museum is located adjacent to Memorial United Methodist church on West Forest Home Road at South 52nd Street, Greenfield Wisconsin. An Historical Building The Rev. John Lutz came from Ohio to southeastern Wisconsin in 1840
and helped to form a congregation of German immigrants which was formally
established on February 9, 1841. In the summer of 1848 the men of the
congregation built a log church on land donated by Frederick Heglmeyer
on the old Jamesville Plankroad, now Forest Home Avenue. In 1858 the present
cream city brick building was constructed and served the congregation
until 1929, when the present Memorial Church building was erected. Between 1929 and 1939 the building was often used as a gymnasium and interchurch basketball games were held. In 1939 the Wisconsin Conference of the Evangelical Church chose the building as its Conference History Building. During the early 1940s, when the Memorial congregation was building a new parsonage, the Rev. Mel Rohrdanz and his family lived in the museum building. In 1963, the building was moved back from Forest Home Avenue to its present location, where it housed records, books, pictures, portraits and other historical pieces.
Today the Memorial congregation holds marriages and Christmas Eve and Easter sunrise worship in the museum building surrounded by more that 160 years of memories which the museum helps to provide.
Coming ExhibitAs of the fall of 2012, the Museum Committee is currently is the process of reimagining the Museum and how it can better serve the Conference. In the near future, me hope to unveil a new and exciting permanent display.
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created 2 April, 2003 updated 11 November, 2012 The space for this web site has been provided courtesy The Capital District, Wisconsin Conference United Methodist Church www.WisconsinUMC.org/Capital. The content of these pages are the responsibility of Sandy Kintner. Please send feedback to archives@wisconsinumc.org | |
