Property Record
3556 7TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | St. Catherine's Hospital |
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| Reference Number: | 142298 |
| Location (Address): | 3556 7TH AVE |
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| County: | Kenosha |
| City: | Kenosha |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | hospital/medical clinic |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Schmidt, Garden and Erikson |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 2003 |
| 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, Division of Historic Preservation. St. Catherine’s Memorial Hospital in Kenosha began in 1903, when the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena opened a facility with twelve beds. In 1917, it moved to a large house on 60th Street (once known as Prairie Avenue and almost as Rambler Drive) and 22nd Avenue. In 1919, the Sisters purchased the Pennoyer Sanitarium, which stood on 15-acres sandwiched between northern Sheridan Road and Seventh Avenue, with an unobstructed view of Lake Michigan. The Pennoyer building wasn't suited to house a modern hospital, so in 1927, the nuns built this new facility on the site. In the 1950s and 1960s , the hospital campus expanded with a series of new structures which housed additional patient rooms, outpatient services, as well as office spaces and examination rooms for on staff physicians. This served the Kenosha community for the remainder of the 20th century. In 1997, St. Catherine’s Hospital partnered with Kenosha Hospital to form United Hospital and built a new facility on 50-acres in "Westosha" also known as the Village of Pleasant Prairie, near I-94 in 2002. In 2017, this collaborative effort was rechristened Froedtert South. |
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| Bibliographic References: | https://kenoshanews.com/st-catherine-hospital-workers-to-reunite-20-years-after-closing/article_29776ab4-abab-5f77-8a8c-f2dbd76dcc59.html#:~:text=Catherine%27s%20Hospital%20owners%20partner%20with,torn%20down%2C%20replaced%20by%20St https://www.facebook.com/KenoshaHistoryCenter/photos/a.232731230141613/3460480964033274/?type=3 https://www.capricommunities.com/location/st-catherine-commons/ https://www.froedtertsouth.com/about-us/history/ |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |