Once Upon a House

1850

The old Baptist church was built at Clinton Corners (during 1849 and 1850).

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  • “Lake as moderator and Elder Topping as clerk. In the years 1849 and 1850 the old Baptist church was built at Clinton Corners, but was moved here in 1857. This building was used by them until the year 1867, when the present structure was erected, which is a building 38x64, with a vestry in the rear which is 20x33, at a cost of some $6,500.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 132 / book p. 641

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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