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121 ALLEN ST

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121 ALLEN ST

Historic Name:

Other Name:
Notre Dame Convent

Reference Number:
37973

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Property Location

Location (Address)

121 ALLEN ST

County

Chippewa

City/Village

Chippewa Falls

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1915

Additions

Survey Date

1984

Historic Use

religious residence

Architectural Style

Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival

Structural System

Unknown

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Multiple hipn roofed dormers; modillions under eaves; rectangular windows; pedimented gable roofed enclsoed one bay entrance porch with cross on ridge. Important as an example of convent architecture and important as an element in the Notre Dame Complex, the Notre Dame Convent, influenced by the Georgian Revival style often found in institutional buildings in the early 20th century, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1983 as part of a Notre Dame Muleitple Nomination. Constructed in 1915, this building replaced an earlier convent. (A) A new roof was added to the convent in 1954. (B) The convent hsa an entrance directly into the Goldsmith Memorial Chapel where Rev. C.F.X. Goldsmith is buried in a crypt beneath the alter. This Convent is part of the historic Notre Dame complex which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in April of 1983. #650: Notre Dame Church (20-6) Rectory (20-7) Chpael (20-12) Grade School (20-5) High School (18-37).

Bibliographic References

A. Building Inscription B. Chippewa Falls historian, Delores Beaudette.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

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State Register Listing Date

Contributing

religious residence Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival

Chippewa
County

Chippewa Falls
Community

1910-1919
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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Located in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County

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