The church (corner stone laid 1848) was occupied / first services were held in the building.

The evidence

• “The corner stone was laid in the spring of 1848. It was occupied in Dec., 1851. The building is of stone, in the gothic style, and is capable of scating three hundred persons.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/06-beloit.md, PDF p. 73 / book p. 55

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

• “Millett's rectorship, it was decided to erect a church edifice. In the spring of 1848. the corner-stone of the church was laid, and in December, 1851, the services were first held within its walls. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 640 / book p. 644

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

• “The corner stone was laid in the spring of 1848. The first services were held in the building in December, 1851. Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/13-beloit-churches.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 299 / book p. 273

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent