Saint Stephen Evangelical Lutheran Church of Milwaukee
Coordinates: 43°01′9.57″N 87°54′58.91″W / 43.0193250°N 87.9163639°W
St. Stephen Lutheran Church, or Iglesia Luterana San Esteban, is a designated Milwaukee Landmark. It is in the historic Walker's Point district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Saint Stephen Evangelical Lutheran Church was dedicated to Saint Stephen, the first martyr of Christianity and venerated saint of the Church.
St. Stephen's was originally established as a mission church called Die Evangelische-Lutherische St. Stephanus-Gemeinde in 1853. It was organized by members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod to serve parishioners located south of the Menomonee River, and quartered in an old abandoned school building near 3rd and National Avenue. The congregation officially founded in 1854 and was composed mostly of German immigrants.
In 1857, the congregation moved to 5th and Mineral Street, where a church was built for $2,200 plus $650 for land. An accompanying school building was erected in 1865.
Due to an increase in membership a larger building was soon needed. The old frame church was sold to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church for $4,500 and moved to a new location. A lot on the corner of 5th and Scott Street was purchased for $1,900 and a new church built in 1866 for $20,000. A tower was later added in 1879, containing a four faced clock installed by E. Howard & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
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