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1500 WAUWATOSA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1500 WAUWATOSA AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1500 WAUWATOSA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:152141
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1500 WAUWATOSA AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Wauwatosa
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1963
Additions:
Survey Date:2016
Historic Use:church
Architectural Style:Contemporary
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Brust & Brust
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information: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, State Historic Preservation Office. The St. Bernard Catholic parish, formally organized in 1911, was the first Catholic parish in the City of Wauwatosa. Services were initially held at the site of the future church along Harwood Avenue in a house. Planned in 1916 and completed in 1918, a new church was constructed on the site. An adjacent school, under the direction of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, was completed in 1919. A convent was completed in 1922. A new school, complete with twelve classrooms, gymnasium, and cafeteria, replaced the old one in 1955. A new contemporary style church and rectory, designed by the architecture firm Brust and Brust, was completed in 1963. In 1980, the Tosa Community Food Pantry was established, and in 1991, the Sinsinawa Dominicans sisters left the school. The rectory was relocated to a property behind the church and school at 7517 Lincoln Place in 2000, and extensive renovations, including new offices, gymnasium, and elevator, were undertaken the same year. The former rectory and convent building were demolished. In 2010, Wauwatosa Catholic, a new elementary school, was organized in conjunction with the St. Pius X congregation.
Bibliographic References:Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa Public Library general history files. Wauwatosa Historical Society general files.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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