Property Record
139 S MONROE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | St. Francis Xavier Convent |
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| Other Name: | Green Bay News-Chronicle |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 35602 |
| Location (Address): | 139 S MONROE AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1938 |
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| Survey Date: | 20082022 |
| Historic Use: | monastery, convent, religious retreat |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Foeller & Schober; Berners Schober |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Excellent desig with bridk plinth foundation have a cut stone, beveled water table. All windows 6/6 lite with fine cut sotne surrounds and rusticated. Front facing gabled ell has a small cut stone octagonal plaque bearing a cross placed in the upper gable end. There is a small hip roofed polygonal bay on the north facing facade which is the apse of the interior chapel within. Determination of Eligibility completed for the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Complex in October 2008 Green Bay Intensive Survey Phases 2, 3 & 4 |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn-Perris Mawp Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957. B. Green Bay City Directories, 1939. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |