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255 COUNTY HIGHWAY K | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

255 COUNTY HIGHWAY K

Architecture and History Inventory
255 COUNTY HIGHWAY K | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ST. MARY'S SPRINGS ACADEMY SECOND POWERHOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: No
Reference Number:141378
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):255 COUNTY HIGHWAY K
County:Fond du Lac
City:
Township/Village:Empire
Unincorporated Community:
Town:15
Range:18
Direction:E
Section:7
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1929
Additions:
Survey Date:2002
Historic Use:public utility/power plant/sewage/water
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: SCHMIDT, GARDEN, & ERICKSON
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:2005
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:A 'site file' (Saint Mary's Springs Academy Complex) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. The brick academy building has had some Adams Revival detailing.

THIS ASTYLISTIC UTILITARIAN STYLE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1929 TO A DESIGN BY THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF SCHMIDT, GARDEN, & ERICKSON. IT WAS BUILT AS THE POWER PLANT FOR THE ADJACENT BUILDINGS OCCUPIED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC GIRL'S SCHOOL KNOWN AS ST. MARY'S SPRINGS ACADEMY. THE BUILDING CONTINUED IN USE FOR MANY YEARS,BUT ITS TALL BRICK CHIMNEY WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1990 AND IT WAS NOT IN USE WHEN SURVEYED IN 2002. THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2005.

THE LAND THAT IS OCCUPIED BY THE ACADEMY HAS BEEN ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC SINCE IT WAS FIRST SURVEYED IN 1974.
Bibliographic References:FOND DU LAC COMMONWEALTH-REPORTER. MAY 27, 1929, ST. MARY'S SPRINGS ACADEMY SECTION, PP. 1-5.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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