Property Record
130 ST MATTHEWS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH RECTORY |
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| Other Name: | ST. MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH CENTER |
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| Reference Number: | 223555 |
| Location (Address): | 130 ST MATTHEWS ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1933 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | monastery, convent, religious retreat |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
| Architect: | Levi Geniesse |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | In May of 1922, Bishop Paul Rhode of the Green Bay Diocese directed the establishment of St. Matthew Catholic Church. The Bishop and twenty-five families held the first parish meeting at St. Joseph’s Orphanage. The church commissioned architect, E.W. Reynolds, to design a combination church and school building. Construction of the non-extant church-school building at the corner of Webster Avenue and St. Matthew Street began in October of 1924 with an estimated cost of roughly $35,000. The parish’s boundaries originally extended from the North Western Railroad tracks to the De Pere city limits. These boundaries changed in 1963 with the establishment of Resurrection Catholic Church. St. Matthew’s clergy originally lived in McCormick Home for the Aged. In 1933, St. Matthew Catholic Church Rectory was constructed. In 1967, an addition to the rectory was completed and a convent was constructed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “25 families first formed St. Matthew’s.” Green Bay Press-Gazette. “50th Anniversary: Busy Weekend for St. Matthew Parish.” May 18, 1972. “The History of the St. Matthew Community.” St. Matthew Parish. One Body Communications, LLC, 2009. May 21, 2013. Green Bay Press-Gazette, July 25, 1932, p. 8. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |