Property Record
902 North Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Haider Memorial Chapel, Calvary Cemetery |
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| Reference Number: | 131494 |
| Location (Address): | 902 North Ave |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Survey Date: | 200420202002 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery building |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: Constructed of brick, this small, Gothic-Revival-style, memorial chapel building is topped at its crossing with a pyramidal copper roof that is surmounted by a cross. Each of the three gabled projections (to the north, south and west) is accented by buttressing at the corners and includes a Gothic-arched opening that carries a stained-glass window with tracery. The primary west elevation includes wood-and-glass doors beneath the window, while the remaining east elevation terminates in an apsidal form. Although reportedly designed by Father Michael Haider himself, this structure was built after his death and burial in February 1885, under the direction of the succeeding priest, Father Peter Schwaiger. Michael Haider was born in Austria in in 1820, was ordained in 1845 and immigrated to the United States in 1850. After serving in East Troy, Jefferson, and Madison, he was transferred to Sheboygan in 1862 and took over the Catholic congregation of St. Mary Magdalene. Rev. Haider then planned and designed a new church, which was renamed Holy Name of Jesus and was completed in 1872. Also buried within the chapel are two School Sisters of Notre Dame. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: “Rev. Michael Haider,” Obituary, The Plymouth Reporter, “Holy Name Church,” The Sheboygan Press, 17 April 1916, 60; “History of Holy Name Church By Henry Trester,” The Sheboygan Press, 10 October 1922, 8; Gary C. Klein, “Haider Chapel at Calvary Cemetery Was Built Atop the Remains of Holy Name’s First Priest,” The Sheboygan Press, 11 August 2022, Available online at https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2022 /08/11/sheboygan-history-haider-chapel-built-honor-rev-haider/10283357002/, Accessed October 2023. Historic photo in Sheboygan, Wis., Illustrated (Milwaukee: The Art Gravure & Etching Co., 1891), 18. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |