Once Upon a House

Fall 1847

A stone church edifice (40x60 feet) was finished late in 1847.

Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “On January 18, 1846, the trustees resolved to purchase the present site, and $100 was paid for the same. The church edifice of stone (40x60 feet) was finished late in 1847 and dedicated early in 1848.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/13-beloit-churches.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 300 / book p. 274

    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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