Celebrating 150 Years ​of Sacred Ground
In 1868 a small group of dedicated free religious seekers purchased land upon which to build their Kenosha sanctuary.  Three buildings, a library, a restaurant and 150 years later, we are now worshipping again in the space those founding Unitarians created for us.
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Help us celebrate the sesquicentennial of our liberal religious sanctuary in Kenosha the weekend of November 3rd – 4th, 2018.
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Steeped in Kenosha History

Unitarians and Universalists have been a consistent presence in Kenosha from the very beginnings of the city. 
In 1868, the newly-formed First Unitarian Society of Kenosha purchased land for a sanctuary on what is now 8th Avenue and constructed their first church. 
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Second Building

Our current worship space was constructed in 1907 by a congregation which featured a fiery, female minister in Rev. Florence Buck, and counted among its membership lauded Kenosha leaders such as Mary D. Bradford, Zalmon Simmons, and eventually, a young Orson Welles. 

Triumphant Return

The congregation fell on hard times in the 1920s, ending services and turning the building over to the city to become the Boys & Girls Library, which it remained until 1979.  The building was then converted into a restaurant until a new generation of Unitarian Universalists founded a new church in Kenosha and purchased the building in 1993.
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