Property Record
1484 9th St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | St. Agnes Catholic Church |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 245059 |
| Location (Address): | 1484 9th St |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1973 |
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| Survey Date: | 2022 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Jerome Kuskowski |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | St. Agnes Catholic School, located at 1204 South Fisk Street, was constructed in 1954. The school, designed by architect Robert Surplice, included 11 classrooms, a finished basement, and a capacity of 800 students. Following the completion of St. Agnes School, the previous year, the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay constructed an adjacent Convent and Rectory building, located at 1208 South Fisk Street and designed by Robert Surplice. St. Agnes Catholic Church, located at 1484 Ninth Street behind the other parish buildings was completed in 1973. The church, which was the largest structure in the Catholic diocese of Green Bay, was the first independent design of Green Bay architect Jerome Kuskowski and featured an unusual Teflon floating roof, held only by widespan steel girders and internal air pressure. Jerome Kuskowski was born in Milwaukee in 1929 and graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in architecture in 1955. He married Marlene Anuszewski in 1954 and the couple had five children. After serving in the Air Force and being stationed in Japan for a few years, the couple returned to Wisconsin, settling in Green Bay, where Kuskowski worked in several local offices before beginning his own business in 1972. In 1973, Kuskowski completed the design of St. Agnes Catholic Church, located at 1484 Ninth Street on the west side of Green Bay, of which he was a parishioner. He worked on a wide variety of projects and served as the consulting architect for Brown County in the early 1980s. Kuskowski died in 2018. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ‘Jerome Kuskowski (Obituary),” Green Bay Press Gazette, December 23, 2018. “Architect’s Sketch,” Green Bay Press Gazette, June 17, 1954. “Permit for rectory with convent house,” Green Bay Press Gazette, January 8, 1955. “Blessed in December of 1973,” Green Bay Press Gazette, June 10, 1978. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |