Tour Information
- Tours of the Landmark Meeting House are offered twice daily, Monday through Friday, May 1 through October 31. The times are 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Tours are also offered year 'round each Sunday, after the 9 a.m and the 11 a.m. services, so about 10:20 and 12:20.
- Tours are also available by appointment. Please call 233-9774 extension 110.
- We ask for a donation of $5 to 10 per-person for each tour. These funds are set aside for our building preservation efforts. $5 per person is suggested for school groups and other larger groups.
In addition to tours of our Landmark building, visitors may be interested in visiting our LEED certified sustainable addition, designed by the Kubala Washatko Architects of Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Tours of this facility are offered in conjunction with the above tours for no extra charge, and following following both Sunday services each weekend year-around or by appointment. Learn more about our green addition here.
The Unitarian Meeting House
The architectural treasure that we call home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a member of the congregation, and was completed in 1951.
Members of the congregation (affectionately remembered as "The Stonehaulers") trucked and carried limestone from a quarry 30 miles away and performed numerous other tasks in order to defray expenses and assist construction. Some women in the congregation hauled stone while others wove beautiful curtains which originally separated the Auditorium proper from the Hearth Room.
The Unitarian Meeting House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Two major additions were designed by Taliesin Associated Architects: a religious education wing, built in 1964, and the Lower Meeting House, built in 1990. The Meeting House was declared as a National Historic Landmark in 2004 by the National Park Service.
A third addition to the campus is now completed. Designed by the Kubala-Washatko architects of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, it includes a 500 seat auditorium and a large community space. Learn more about this sustainably-designed and gold level LEED certified space here.
An association of members and enthusiasts, Friends of the Meeting House was formed in 1976 to "restore and enhance the special architectural character of the building." In recent years this group has contributed time and resources to several congregational restoration projects.
