Services of a Janesville church (later consecrated 1848) were held, from January 1846, in the stone building known as the Janesville Academy.

The evidence

• “The edifice was consecrated in June, 1848, and still stands an ornament to the West Side, and a monument to pioneer Christian enterprise. From -January, 1846, until the date of consecration, services were held in a stone building known as the Janesville Academy, on Lot 135, in Smith, Bailey & Stone's Addition. The original cost of Trinity Church was $.3,000, but many improvements have since been made, and a parsonage built, and the property is now valued at about $1.5,000.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 553 / book p. 557

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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