German Evangelical Methodist Church
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Springdale Township
Written at bottom (blacked out):
German Evangelical Methodist Church. Springdale WI. Erected 1873.
Henderson Collection in the archives of the MHAHS
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SW corner of CTH G and Messerschmidt
1911 plat map.
Off site resources
Addtional History |
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Operated: 1873 - 7/13/1913. The church was built in 1873 at the intersection of County Hwy. G and Messerschmidt Road on the Messerschmidt farm. On July 13, 1913 the building was struck by lightening and burned (see image below). It was not rebuilt.
The plat map of 1911 (shown above) indicates a cemetery on the NE side of the intersection of County Hwy. G and Messerschmidt Road. We think this should be the Oak Hill Cemetery located about 1/2 mile east County Trunk G. This cemetery is not shown at this location on any of the other available plat maps. Notes: The Mount Vernon Swiss Reformed Church and its congregation date back to 1888. In 1912, the congregation of mostly Swiss farmers and cheese makers was formed. The name Zwingli was the name of one of the leading Reformation preachers in Switzerland, Ulrich Zwingli.
The first services were held in the church of the Evangelical Association located east of Mount Vernon at the intersection of County Hwy. G and Messerschmidt Road. This building was struck by lightning in 1913 and the congregation met in the Mount Vernon Baptist Church and in the Scotch Presbyterian Church. In November of 1913 the congregation voted to build a new church in Mount Vernon and this brick building was started in the spring of 1914 and completed in 1915. 
Burning in 1913.
Postcard Collection in the archives of the MHAHS
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