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Property Record

656 PLEASANT ST

Historic Name:
St. Paul Catholic Church
Other Name:
Reference Number:
28472

Property Location

Location (Address)
656 PLEASANT ST
County
Rock
City/Village
Beloit
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1914
Additions
Survey Date
1980,2015
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Builder was William Fitzgerald. Founded by Italian immigrants. USED AS A CHURCH UNTIL 1988. As of 2020, the current owner of the building is the Beloit Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. d/b/a Visit Beloit. The future use of the structure will be an event venue. A future addition to the structure is planned for this property.

The gable roof of this church is flanked by a truncated square "tower" with flat roof trimmed with battlements. The front red brick gable wall includes wall buttresses, inset crosses and a rose window with four keystones. Side walls contain a series of four round windows each.

Although at first Beloit's Italian-speaking Catholic families were parishioners at St. Thomas Catholic Church, they later formed their own St. Paul's Catholic Church and dedicated their church building in 1914. Miss Alice Broder, a prominent Beloit woman, donated a large sum of money for the church. The church was then named after the name saint of her brother Paul.
Bibliographic References
(A) BELOIT DAILY NEWS 4/22/1993; 4/20/1994; 5/24/1994. (B) JANESVILLE GAZETTE 4/17/1994; 5/17/1994; 5/24/1994. (C) MILWAUKEE SENTINEL 12/21/1994. (D) WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 12/21/1994. (E) BOOK OF BELOIT, 1936, P. 120. Beloit Daily News 9/21/1998. City of Beloit Press Release - https://www.beloitwi.gov/index.asp?SEC=725CA980-D88D-45BC-AC9C-3A73AF0BF563&DE=1A2A168D-D906-4EE4-AB0F-9FD4DD460965 Beloit Daily News story - https://www.beloitdailynews.com/visit-beloit-transforming-angel-museum-site/article_a53b6aa6-25cb-5c57-8aa4-b1e610184941.html

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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