First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse
Historic church in Wisconsin, United States in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin. Built 1951 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The First Unitarian Society of Madison (FUS) is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin. Its meeting house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by Marshall Erdman in 1949–1951, and has been designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark for its architecture. With over 1,000 members, it is one of the ten largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 900 University Bay Dr., Shorewood Hills, WI |
| County | Dane County |
| Listed | Apr 11, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73000076 |
| Built | 1951 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Type of place | church building |
| Style | Usonian architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 900 University Bay Dr., Shorewood Hills, WI |
| Coordinates | 43.07610, -89.43457 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Ice Age National Scenic Trail · 63 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73000076. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.