Property Record
12800 N LAKE SHORE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Notre Dame of the Lake |
|---|---|
| Other Name: | Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Contributing: | |
| Reference Number: | 222325 |
| Location (Address): | 12800 N LAKE SHORE DR |
|---|---|
| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
| Township/Village: | |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | |
| Range: | |
| Direction: | |
| Section: | |
| Quarter Section: | |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: |
| Year Built: | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Additions: | 1961 1989 1994 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013C. 1962 |
| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | monastery, convent, religious retreat |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Brust & Brust |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
|---|---|
| National Register Listing Date: | |
| State Register Listing Date: |
| 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Referred to as Notre Dame of the Lake, this campus was designed by Brust & Brust and constructed as the teacher-training college and provincial headquarters of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1958-59, 1961. The property was sold to Concordia University Wisconsin in 1982, which continues to use it for their private liberal arts school. Concordia has built a number of buildings within and surrounding the historic Notre Dame of the Lake campus and, as of 2013, the number of Concordia-constructed buildings/facilities is roughly equal to the original SSND buildings. Sited on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, this complex of 1958 dormitories, administrative buildings, and a chapel are predominantly one or two stories in height and display a horizontal emphasis. All utilize brick- and stone-veneer exterior materials. Buildings are connected by indoor walkways, some of which are elevated above driveways. The wedge-shaped chapel faces south onto the main lawn and has an arcade that wraps around to the east and west elevations with three large clerestory windows above. |
|---|---|
| Bibliographic References: | Mary Briant Foley & Linda Marie Bos, SSND, "A Journey in Faith: A History of the Milwaukee Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame," 2007 "Nuns Move Into College," The Cedarburg News, 6 May 1959 "Open House at College in Mequon," The Cedarburg News, 27 May 1959 Notre Dame of the Lake/School Sisters of Notre Dame file located within Concordia University Wisconsin archives “Architecture and History Survey: I-43” WHS project number 12-0649/MI/OZ. 2012. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |