Property Record
238 VICTORIA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | St. Philip's Catholic Rectory |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37896 |
| Location (Address): | 238 VICTORIA ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862023 |
| Historic Use: | religious residence |
| Architectural Style: | French Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Foeller, Schober & Berners |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | St. Philip’s the Apostle Parish was established by the Green Bay Diocese in 1938 to meet the demands of a growing population. The parish initially had 268 families in the Town of Preble and constructed a Church, School, and Rectory in 1939. The complex cost $163,500 to build and the school was staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity from Manitowoc. A school addition, immediately behind the church, and a convent on the upper floors of the school, were completed in 1949. The parish was one of the first of its kind in the area. Not only was it located at the suburban edge of Preble when established, but it was also not associated with the larger, older, and ethnically aligned Catholic parishes that existed in Green Bay at the time. In 1959, a wing addition to the school on the south side of the complex, creating a T-plan was added. This addition was designed as a near duplicate of the original 1939 school building. The addition included eight classrooms, a library, a lounge, a hall, and an elevator. At the same time, the windows on the school and church were replaced and the convent expanded. The addition, as well as the church, first school building, and rectory, were all designed by Berners’ Schober Architects. By the 1960s the parish school had nearly 900 students and 24 teachers and the church had nearly 2,000 parishioners. St. Philip’s school ended providing classes in 2006 and the building is presently used by the Green Bay Public School District as an Early Learning Center. In 2009, the interior of the church and rectory was remodeled. Main entrance faces towrd the church to the south and has a fine Tudor Arch entrance door deeply inset into the building. The entrance door has a fine cut stone surround. There is a hip roofed rectilinear bay window sided in wood and roofed in copper facing to the east on the first floor of the east facing ell. Related buildings: St. Philip's Church and School separately surveyed as (Br 126/7-9). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Berners, Schober Assoc., Inc. Archives Stick No. 207. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |