Property Record
2900 N MENOMONEE RIVER PARKWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Notre Dame Hall, Mount Mary College |
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| Other Name: | Notre Dame Hall, Mount Mary College |
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| Reference Number: | 69234 |
| Location (Address): | 2900 N MENOMONEE RIVER PARKWAY |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | HERBST AND KUENZLI |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Local example of the Collegiate Gothic Style, built of Lannon and Bedford stone; joined with Caroline Hall by 90' cloister. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Main hall of the seventy-four acre campus of the Catholic women's college, originally founded as St. Mary's College in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1913. According to William G. Bruce, "Especially significant in the early development of the college was Mother Mary Caroline, who was in the first group of the School Sisters of Notre Dame who came to the U.S., and Mother Mary Seraphia, who under Mother Caroline had charge of the educational policies. The determination to move to Milwaukee and the vision of organizing the college was that of Mother Mary Stanislaus Kostka." The college officially opened in its new Milwaukee location in 1929. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PERRIN, 1967, P. 85. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A COLLEGE, 1939. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY ROOM: HISTORIC HOMES INDEX. Bruce, William George. BUILDERS OF MILWAUKEE. (1946), p. 82. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |