Freethinkers' Hall

{{short description|Historic church in Saulk City, Wisconsin, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = Freethinkers Hall

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| image = Free Congretation.jpg

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| location = 309 Polk St., Sauk City, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|43|16|34|N|89|43|28|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Wisconsin#USA

| built = 1884

| architect = Alfred Charles Clas

| architecture = Queen Anne

| added = March 31, 1988

| area = {{convert|2|acre}}

| refnum = 88000237{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Freethinkers Hall, also known as Park Hall, is a meeting hall in Sauk City, Wisconsin. Designed by Alfred Clas, Freethinkers Hall was built in 1884 for the local Freethinkers congregation, or Freie Gemeinde in German. The congregation had been formed by German immigrants in 1852, and became the last extant Freethinker congregation in North America.{{cite web|title=Free Congregation of Sauk County: History of the Free Congregation of Sauk County|url=http://www.freecongregation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=59|publisher=Free Congregation of Sauk County|accessdate=2012-05-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326214734/http://www.freecongregation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=59|archivedate=2012-03-26}} It affiliated with the American Unitarian Association in 1955. The group meets in the hall to this day.

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Further reading

  • Goc, Michael J. (ed.) Park Hall: a Symbol of Freedom in America. Friendship, WI: New Past Press, 2004.