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26382 COUNTY HIGHWAY U | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

26382 COUNTY HIGHWAY U

Architecture and History Inventory
26382 COUNTY HIGHWAY U | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:St. Mary's Convent
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:118954
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):26382 COUNTY HIGHWAY U
County:Monroe
City:
Township/Village:Jefferson
Unincorporated Community:
Town:15
Range:3
Direction:W
Section:12
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1909
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:monastery, convent, religious retreat
Architectural Style:American Foursquare
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:St. Mary's Convent was buitl in 1909 as the last and final home of the school sisters who staffed the nearby St. Mary's School. The building is a two-story American Foursquare style structure with a hip roof and tan brick walls. Punctuating the roof are hip-roofed dormers and both the dormers and the mian roof have wide overhanging eaves. The windows are single-light sashes, some in groups of two. A small porch coveres the main entrance. It has a hip roof, a clapboard-covered balustrade, square posts, plain brackets, and arched openings filled with screens. The screen and wood door has a transom of screens.

It adds to the architectural significance of the complex for its American Foursquare style and high integrity. It adds to the historical significance of the complex because it was built for the school sisters who provided important educational services to the school during its historic period.
Bibliographic References:Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 125th Anniversary 1856-1981, 1981.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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