Wisconsin Consistory Building
Milwaukee, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Wisconsin Consistory Building in Milwaukee was originally constructed in 1889 as a Richardsonian Romanesque church for Plymouth Congregational Church, designed by member architect E. Townsend Mix in limestone. The structure featured a 1,200-seat auditorium along with reading rooms, classrooms, gymnasium, and dining facilities to serve the community, though its prominent corner tower departed from typical Romanesque conventions and drew criticism. After Plymouth Congregational relocated in 1912, the Scottish Rite Masons purchased the building and renamed it the Consistory Building. In 1937, facing space constraints, the Masons commissioned a comprehensive remodeling to Art Moderne style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- office building
- Materials
- limestone
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Milwaukee, United States
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