Property Record
441 CONKEY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 221210 |
| Location (Address): | 441 CONKEY ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Burlington |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Architect: | WILLIAM J RAEUBER (ARCHITECT); Matthias Rewald (builder) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | As St. Mary parish experienced substantial growth, the Milwaukee Archdiocese saw the need for Burlington to be served by a second Catholic parish. As such, St. Charles Borromeo Church was formed in 1908. Land between Conkey and Kendall streets was purchased and, after a long-vacant sorghum mill was demolished on the site in 1909, a building to house the new church and a school was constructed by Matthias Rewald, of Burlington, as designed by architect William J. Raeuber, of Manitowoc.. St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church is located at 441 Conkey Street. Its mother parish, St. Mary donated $11,000 towards the $40,000 building of the St. Charles church and school building. Construction was hurried on the school portion so that classes could begin in September of 1910; the church was completed two months later. In 1944, stained glass windows were installed in the sanctuary. The building gained sole use as a church in 1955, when an adjacent new school building was constructed. The church’s sanctuary went under major renovations during the early 1980s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | General Files. On file at the Burlington Historical Society, Burlington, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |