Property Record
232 N 1ST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | HOLY FAMILY CHURCH |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 1146 |
| Location (Address): | 232 N 1ST ST |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | Bayfield |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brownstone |
| Architect: | BROTHER ADRIAN WEAVER,OFM, designer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bayfield Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/25/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | SQUARE ENTRANCE TOWER W/ROSE WINDOW AND CORBELLING. PAVILION ROOF ON ENTRANCE TOWER. ROUND ARCH WINDOWS ALONG SIDES AND IN TOWER. BAYFIELD SURVEY FORM (07/1974): General Comments: -romanesque arched windows and doors -large sandstone dentils under the roof -the steeple is still roofed with natural shingles -brick chimney in rear with a cross reliefed into the surface -exterior is almost completely intact, while the interior has changed History: -Once a boarding school ran by nuns for Native American girls that stood on the northwest corner of Rice Avenue and N. 1st St. The Roman Catholics were the third Christian denominaton (after the Methodists and Presbyterians) to establish a church in Bayfield. A frame church and rectory were built in 1861 for Father John Chebul of La Pointe who traveled the wilderness delivering his message Chippewa, French and German-Slavonic in additon to English. This building took ten years to complete. The brownstone used here was donated from the quarry of R. D. Pike, sawmill owner, banker and one of Bayfield's preeminent citizens. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Eckert, Kathryn. Sandstone Buildings in the Lake Superior Region. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Brownstone & Bargeboard, A Guide to Bayfield’s Historic Architecture, Whitney Gould and Stephen Wittman; Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. 1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |