Property Record
W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOL |
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Other Name: | |
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Reference Number: | 6557 |
Location (Address): | W4875 U.S. HIGHWAY 18 |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Jefferson |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 6 |
Range: | 14 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 1 |
Quarter Section: | SE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
Year Built: | 1868 |
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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/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. |
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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. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |