Property Record
2620 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. FRANCIS OF SALES CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 44459 |
| Location (Address): | 2620 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Hazel Green |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19762019 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: A RED BRICK LATE 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL CHURCH STRUCTURE THAT HAS A HIGH PITCHED SLOPING ROOF WITH CLASSICAL CORNICE RETURNS IN THE GABLE END FACING THE STREET. A SQUARE ENTRANCE AND BELL TOWER WITH A WOODEN SHINGLED STEEPLE AND CUT-BRICK TRIM AROUND THE STEEPLE BASE IS PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE FACADE. STAINED GLASS POINTED GOTHIC WINDOWS, SMALL SIDE BUTTRESSES AND A WAGON WHEEL WINDOW IN THE TOWER FACADE FURTHER CHARACTERIZE THIS LATE 19TH CENTURY CHURCH. THE CONTRASTING COLOR OF THE WINDOW SILLS AND THE SMALL DEOCRATIVE DETAILS INDICATES VICORIAN GOTHIC INFLUENCE. THIS CHURCH IS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING 19TH CENTURY CHRUCH IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE IN HAZEL GREEN. IN ADDITION, THE CHURCH HAS BECOME A VISUAL LANDMARK FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS BEING A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN ORDERTICISM. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: THIS BUILDING IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE RELIGION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HAZEL GREEN. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED BY PATHER SAMUEL MAZZUCHELLI. MAZZUCHELLI, WHO HAD STARTED A MISSION AND SHCOOL AT SINSINAWA MOUND, ABOUT THREE MILES WEST OF HAZEL GREEN CONDUCTED MASS AT A MR. HINCH'S HOUSE SOUTH OF THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE SITE PRIOR TO 1845. (C). IN 1846, A BRICK CHURCH WAS BUILT AT THE PRESENT SITE. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1847. FATHER SAMUEL MAZZUCHELLI REMAINED AS PASTOR UNTIL HE MOVED TO BENTON IN 1847. MAZZUCHELLI WAS ASSISTED BY HIS NEPHEW FRANCIS MAZZUCHELLI. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT HAZEL GREEN WAS INITIALLY A MISSION CHURCH OF SINSINAWA MOUND AND PRELATES RESIDING AT SINSINAWA CONDUCTED SERVICES AT HAZEL GREEN. HAZEL GREEN GOT A RESIDENT PRIEST IN 1866. FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD FROM 1877 TO 1880, HAZEL GREEN AGAIN BECAME A MISSION CHRUCH OF SINSINAWA AND WAS WHERE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE DOMINICAN FATHERS. (C). SINCE JUNE 1880, ST. FRANCIS HAS HAD ITS OWN RESIDENT PRIEST. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1895. (B) Online research MAP) IN 2019 FOUND THAT THIS CHURCH IS NO LONGER EXTANT AND WAS REPLACED BY THE CURRENT CONTEMPORARY STYLE ONE BETWEEN 1976 AND 1998. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SIMISON, V. AND D. SIMISON, "THE HISTORY OF HAZEL GREEN, WI. (1900-1976)," GRANT CO. HISTORY 1900-1976, P. 119. B. HOLFORD, C., HISTORY OF GRANT CO., (LANCASTER: TELLER PRINT, 1900), P. 557. C. BUTTERFIELD, HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY, 1881, P. 738. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |