Property Record
C ST, E SIDE, 50' N OF INTERSECTION OF C AND COUNTY HIGHWAY O
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ST. ANDREW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Other Name: | ST. ANDREW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 46806 |
| Location (Address): | C ST, E SIDE, 50' N OF INTERSECTION OF C AND COUNTY HIGHWAY O |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Tennyson |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A FRONT-GABLED CHURCH WITH ROUNDED ARCH WINDOWS, STONE TRIM, BUTRESSING, AND A CUT STONE FOUNDATION. IT'S MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IS ITS THIN, ELONGATED END STEEPLE. "GOD BE WITH YOU" IS INSCRIBED, IN GERMAN, ON THE CORNERSTONE, AS IS THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION. ROUND ARCH OPENINGS - THE HALLMARK OF THE ROMANESQUE STYLE - PUNCTUATE THE SIDE WALLS AND THE STEEPLE OF ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH IN TENNYSON (FORMERLY DUTCH HOLLOW) WAS ORGANIZED IN 1846 AND A "PLAIN BUT SERVICEABLE CHURCH BUILDING" ERECTED. A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (NO LONGER STANDING) WAS ALSO CONSTRUCTED AT THIS EARLY DATE. IN 1875, DURING THE PASTORAGE OF FATHER N.A. THILL, THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS BUILT. THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND OF THE SMALL PARISH IS INDICATED IN THE CORNERSTONE INSCRIPTION WHICH INCLUDES THE PHRASE "GOD WITH YOU" IN GERMAN. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS A NEW SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED (NO LONGER STANDING), A RECTORY (1900) (50/33) AND A CONVENT (1913) (50/34). a 1925 PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS COMPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE GRANT COUNTY BICENTENNIAL BOOK. A CHURCH CEMETERY, LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH (50/35), IS ALSO OWNED BY THE PARISH. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Cornerstone. (B) Harry H. Heming, The Catholic Church in Wisconsin (Milwaukee: Catholic Historical Publishing Co., 1895-98), p. 507. (C) Grant County History, 1900-1976 (Lancaster: Resource Committee of Grant County, 1976), [[. 187, 191. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |