The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

[1] The church opened in 1878 to replace the Zion Lutheran congregation's original church, which was built in 1859 and moved to the Mill Street site in 1868.

Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix designed the High Victorian Gothic church, which is marked by a 125-foot (38 m) steeple.

[2][3] The parsonage was built next to the church in 1885, replacing an earlier wood frame house.

Carpenter Richard D. Vanaken, who also worked on the church, built and likely designed the Italianate building.