W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18

Architecture and History Inventory
W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:6557
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18
County:Jefferson
City:
Township/Village:Jefferson
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:14
Direction:E
Section:1
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1868
Additions:
Survey Date:2013
Historic Use:one to six room school
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:Y
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:St. Lawrence Catholic parish built a non-extant log schoolhouse adjacent to its original, non-extant log church in 1846. In 1868, the log school was replaced by a cream brick schoolhouse and began operating as a school for girls operated by the sisters of St. Francis Assisi, who established a convent at the school. The girl’s school was gradually incorporated into the St. Coletta Institute for Backward Youth, after it’s founding by the nuns and the church’s Father George Meyer in 1904. The girls school ultimately relocated to St. Francis, Wisconsin, in the early twentieth century. Today, the school building serves as church offices.


SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS. SMALL GABLED PROJECTING ENTRY.
Bibliographic References:Determination of Eligibility Form: St. Lawrence Church Historic District. National Register of Historic Places Registration, National Park Service, 1988. Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. Page 64.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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