Property Record
200-208 E WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 14654 |
| Location (Address): | 200-208 E WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Slinger |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772024 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ROUND ARCHED STAINED GLASS WINDOWS W/TRACERY. BUTTRESSED 138 FT. ENTRANCE TOWER W/STEEPLY PITCHED PAVILION SPIRE. 3 BELLS IN TOWER AND CLOCK IN EACH FACE OF SPIRE BASE. RUSTICATED LIMESTONE FOUNDATION UNDER BUTTRESSES. Missionaries held services in private homes until 1856 when a log church was built. Cost of 1892 church was $19,300. School was built just after 1881. A 'site file' 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. 2024 - The St. Peter’s Catholic Church was constructed in 1892. This Romanesque Revival building faces southwest on a parcel that also contains a school building, parish offices, and a cemetery to the northeast. The original portion of the building consists of a front-gabled cream brick sanctuary with a square steeple rising into an octagonal spire. It has a raised, cut-stone foundation and an asphalt-shingled roof. In addition, the building features round arched stained glass windows, stone-capped, engaged brick buttresses, a stepped brick cornice, and brick corbels beneath the raking eaves. The steeple contains paired round arches in the belfry and clocks in three of the four elevations. Much of the northwest side gabled façade has been obscured by a series of additions dating between 1950 and 2016. They have been designed to mimic the original church, constructed of cream brick with round-arch windows and brick pilasters and detailing. The latest addition in 2016 included a large entryway pavilion on the primary elevation. See AHI 247405 and 247406 for associated records |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976). Washington County History and Driving Tours presented by the Washington County Landmarks Commission, 1999. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |