| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Complex" 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. 2016 -
2016 - "The Holy Rosary Catholic Church complex contains a church [80682], rectory [232936], convent [73205], and elementary school [232937], and occupies a city block bounded by East Mary Street, East Harriet Street, Wells Street, and Main Street.
The mid-twentieth-century Contemporary school (AHI No. 232937) was designed by architect John W. Steinmann and constructed in 1955. This brick building has a rectangular plan and rests on a poured-concrete foundation. The building is sited on a slope, with the main entrance on the front (east) facade on the upper level, with a second level of classrooms beneath accessed on the side (north) and rear (west) elevations. The hip roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features overhanging eaves. Other roof details include irregular sections on the main (east) facade and back (west) elevation that consist of a half gable and a half hip. On the main (east elevation) the hip portion extends over the main entrance at the north end, and the school is accessed via a glazed door flanked by two large sidelights. A simple cross is affixed to the building under the gable portion. The walls are clad in stucco and Roman brick, with brick covering the front facade and forming long horizontal bands on the side (north and south) elevations. Brick is the predominant material covering the back (west) elevation, with narrow stucco sections flanking a vertical band of windows extending two stories. Fenestration includes wood, one-over-one-over-one, awning and wood, single-pane, fixed-frame windows. The side elevations feature projecting horizontal awnings, with two over entrances on the north elevation and a long awning over the lower level windows on the south elevation."
-"STH 23: County Shop Rd to Minerva St", WisDOT#5245-02-02/72 and 5245-02-02/73, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (2016). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (1) R.E. Van Matre, “Landmarks of Darlington,” 1950.
(2) Date stone.
(3) Wisconsin Historic Preservation Database, “AHI 80682, Holy Rosary Church,” Wisconsin Historical Society.
(4) George S. Koyl, ed., American Architects Directory, 3rd ed. (New York: R.R. Bowker, LLC, 1970), 877. |
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