Property Record
5503 W BLUEMOUND ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Calvary Cemetery |
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| Reference Number: | 241987 |
| Location (Address): | 5503 W BLUEMOUND ROAD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1857 |
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| Survey Date: | 2020 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | •Calvary Cemetery (1857): (The following information, including bibliographic entries [see above], was taken directly from the Determination of Eligibility for Calvary Cemetery, prepared in 2013 by Mead & Hunt, Madison.) The 75 acre site was consecrated in 1857 and is the oldest extant Catholic cemetery in the city. Approximately 80,000 people have been buried at Calvary. Most of the grave sites have typical granite or limestone headstones, but there are numerous vaults, crypts, mausoleums and monuments. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Chasco, Randal S. “Self-Guided Tour of Historic Calvary Cemetery.” Milwaukee, WI: Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 2004. (This publication can also be found on-line at http://www.cemeteries.org/Catholic-Cemeteries/PDF1/CalvarySelfGuidedTour_Final.pdf.) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |