Property Record
2575 S WEBSTER AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 223566 |
| Location (Address): | 2575 S WEBSTER AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1950 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Berners-Schober |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | In May of 1922, Bishop Paul Rhode of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay directed the establishment of St. Matthew Catholic Congregation in the Town of Allouez. A combination church and school building was designed by architect, W.E. Reynolds. Construction of the non-extant, church-school building at the corner of Webster Avenue and St. Matthew Street began in October of 1924 with an estimated cost of roughly $35,000. St. Matthew’s Catholic School opened in the fall of 1925 under the direction of two Sisters of St. Francis. The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross taught at the school, initially living at the McCormick Home for the Aged. The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross continued to teach at the school for the next six decades. In 1933, the St. Matthew Catholic Church Rectory was constructed. Approximately six years after a larger church was built, a new school building was constructed in December of 1956. The parish’s boundaries originally extended from the North Western Railroad tracks to the De Pere city limits. These boundaries changed in 1963 with the establishment of Resurrection Catholic Church. A convent was built for St. Matthew’s sisters in 1966. Encompass Day Care now rents this facility. The original church-school building was demolished in 1971. St. Matthew Catholic School continues to operate to this day and serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The parish constructed yet another, even larger church, in 2003 on St. Matthews Street. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “25 families first formed St. Matthew’s.” Green Bay Press-Gazette. “50th Anniversary: Busy Weekend for St. Matthew Parish.” May 18, 1972. “St. Matthew Catholic Church Celebrates 75 Years!” Allouez, Wisconsin: St. Matthew Catholic Church, 1997, pages 12 & 13. “St. Matthew’s Past: Opening Our Archives.” St. Mattews’s Messenger. Winter 1996. “The History of the St. Matthew Community.” St. Matthew Parish. One Body Communications, LLC, 2009. May 21, 2013. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |