Property Record
130 W CEDAR ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 45884 |
| Location (Address): | 130 W CEDAR ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1966 |
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| Survey Date: | 20052023 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS STONE CHURCH COMPLEX IS CONTEMPORY IN STYLE. IT HAS A ROUNDED FACADE TOPPED WITH A CONICAL SHAPED ROOF STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER OF THE COMPLEX AND FEATURES ROUND SHAPES WITHIN A RECANGULAR BASE. THE BUILDING WAS NOT REPHOTOGRAPHED IN 2005. 2023: Constructed in 1966 in a distinctive Contemporary style, St. Mary’s Catholic Church consists of a semicircular central building mass that rises above a long, low, flat-roofed mass that fronts the building. The semicircular mass features bands of dalle de verre windows below the roofline; vertical concrete piers that project through the overhanging eaves. A small circular building mass at the center of the semicircular mass projects slightly above the roofline of the latter building mass and is capped by a sloping conical roof with a gold cross projecting from its center. The flat-roofed mass that fronts the building is clad in stone veneer and features a central projecting entry bay that is characterized by a low-pitched gable roof, decoratively pierced stone side walls, and a pair of heavy wood doors with matching wood paneling cladding the wall space above the doors. On each side of the entry bay, the front walls of the flat-roofed mass contain a number of small, rectangular, vertically-oriented dalle de verre windows that are arranged in an undulating pattern. Integrated planters span the front wall of the building on both sides of the entry bay. An attached rectory/office is located along the west side of the building; the front elevation of the rectory/office faces south. This is a 2-story front-gabled mass with stone walls and a center entrance flanked by banks of casement windows. The rectory/office entrance as well as a secondary entrance in the south wall of the main building mass are sheltered under a projecting folded plate roof with stone pier supports. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. BUILDING PLAQUE. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |