251 S POLK ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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251 S POLK ST

Architecture and History Inventory
251 S POLK ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ST. CLEMENT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, RECTORY
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:45447
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):251 S POLK ST
County:Grant
City:Lancaster
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1859
Additions:
Survey Date:2009
Historic Use:rectory/parsonage
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information: NOW A PRIVATELY OWNED RESIDENCE, THIS HOUSE WAS A FORMER RECTORY OF ST. CLEMENT'S CATHOLIC PARISH (MOVED TO SITE). ARCHITECURAL FEATURES OF THE BUILDING INCLUDE A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION AND A GABLE ROOF. BUILT IN C. 1859, THIS ONE AND A HALF STORY HOUSE IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. (B)

SINCE FIRST SURVEYED IN 1983 THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN RESIDED IN VINYL.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

THIS SMALL RESIDENCE WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED THREE TIMES, SERVED AS THE RECTORY FOR ST. CLEMENT'S PARISH FROM 1859 TO 1893. (A).
Bibliographic References:A. THE 1859-1959 CENTENNIAL OF ST. CLEMENT PARISH (LANCASTER: BY THE CHURCH, 1959), P. 24. B. SURVEYOR'S ESTIMATE.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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