Property Record
W9711 BUTTERNUT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | The Peters Mansion |
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| Other Name: | ALEXIAN BROTHERS NOVITIATE; Jennie Peters House |
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| Reference Number: | 22133 |
| Location (Address): | W9711 BUTTERNUT RD |
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| County: | Shawano |
| City: | Gresham |
| Township/Village: | |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 27 |
| Range: | 14 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 1 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| 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: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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. 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. |
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| 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |