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Property Record

W9711 BUTTERNUT RD

Historic Name:
The Peters Mansion

Other Name:
ALEXIAN BROTHERS NOVITIATE; Jennie Peters House

Reference Number:
22133

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Property Location

Location (Address)

W9711 BUTTERNUT RD

County

Shawano

City/Village

Gresham

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

27

Range

14

Direction

E

Section

1

Quarter Section

NE

Quarter Quarter Section

NE

Property Features

Year Built

1939

Additions

Survey Date

1978

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Cut Stone

Architect

Gordon Feldhausen, Gardner Coughlen & John King

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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. Demolition order has been stayed. Peters was the widow of a wealthy New York state attorney.[A] VERY LARGE SPRAWLING BLDG VARYING FROM 2-4 STORIES TALL ROUND WINDOWS IN EYEBROW DORMERS FRENCH PROVINCIAL INFLUENCE MONUMENTAL IONIC PORTICO W/COLUMNS AND PILASTERS VERY LARGE CUPOLA W/NARROW DOME ROUND ARCH WINDOWS SITE OF MENOMONEE INDIAN TAKE- The Neo-Classical Revival Style Peters Mansion was built in 1939-1940, and the much large Georgian Revival Style novitiate portion was attached to it sometime later. The novitiate portion, however, was demolished between 1992 and 2005, leaving the Peters Mansion intact. The Mansion portion is believed to be still extant in 2021.

Bibliographic References

[A] Voyageurs, Summer 1985 (also source for historic name). KILLEEN, REV S M "THE ALEXIAN" (1971). THE NEWS FROM INDIAN COUNTRY, HAYWARD, 3/24/1993. GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE 8/4/1992. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL 5/8/1994. Shawano Leader 9/28/2003. "Mansion Rises in Wilderness," The Milwaukee Journal, 13 April 1941, page 14.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

house Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival

Shawano
County

Gresham
Community

1930-1939
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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