National or State Registers Record
1525 Carmel Rd.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Holy Hill |
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| Reference Number: | 92000139 |
| Location (Address): | 1525 Carmel Rd. |
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| County: | Washington |
| City/Village: | |
| Township: | Erin |
| This rural site of religious pilgrimages consists of: the shrine of Mary, Help of Christians (1926, Romanesque Revival church); two monasteries, built in 1920 and 1938 in Romanesque Revival style; a cemetery; an entrance arch (1914) to the Via Crucis or stations of the cross, which are life-sized sculptures created between 1914 and 1928 by sculptor Joseph Aszklar; and the Lourdes Grotto (1932). The district is owned and maintained by the Discalced Carmelite Fathers. |
| Period of Significance: | 1914-1942 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Area of Significance: | Religion |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Religion: Religious Facility |
| Historic Use: | Funerary: Cemetery |
| Historic Use: | Landscape: Natural Feature |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Gaul,Hermann J. |
| Architect: | Philipp,Richard |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 03/12/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/31/1992 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 3 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 2 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 16 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Buildings: | 2 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |