Property Record
364 S CAMBRIDGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. JOSEPH CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 219041 |
| Location (Address): | 364 S CAMBRIDGE ST |
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| County: | Waushara |
| City: | Wautoma |
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| Year Built: | 1961 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
| Structural System: | Wood Truss |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | ESCHWEILER & ESCHWEILER; ED MARKS, GEN. CONTRACTOR |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Church and adjacent rectory (AHI #220154) were designed by noted Milwaukee architects Eschweiler & Eschweiler. Original building plans dated Aug 21, 1959, are signed by Theodore Eschweiler. The church has a prominent standing-seam metal roof supported on laminated wood beams, which in turn are supported on exposed triangular concrete pilasters. Between the pilasters are brick infill panels and largely abstract stained-glass windows. A large porch connects the church to a freestanding concrete bell tower (labelled "campanile" in the original plans). In the summer of 1966, a March to Madison was planned here. The march highlighted the plight of Latino and Tejano migrant workers. Interiors are mainly intact as of 2011. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building plans on file at Wisconsin Architectural Archive. Construction date from cornerstone. Green Bay "Register", Aug 22, 1961; June 22, 1962. “Architecture/History Survey: Drainage Improvements Along STH 22: STH 73 To Division St., Wautoma.” WHS project number 12-0106/WS. September 2011, Justin Miller. The Tejano Diaspora: Mexican Americanism and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin by Marc Simon Rodriguez pp. 66-73. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |