Property Record
924 W STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | St. Benedict the Moor Roman Catholic Church |
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| Other Name: | ST. BENEDICT ROMAN CATHOLIC / St. Anthony'sChurch |
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| Reference Number: | 55952 |
| Location (Address): | 924 W STATE ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 19842023 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Erhard Brielmeier |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | "A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 2023- resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Houses of Worship thematic survey. ""Capuchins founded St. Benedict the Moor parish in 1908 to serve Roman Catholic African-Americans moving into Milwaukee from Chicago. Its storefront chapel grew to serve Milwaukee’s African-American community living in neighborhoods west of the central business district. Miller Brewing Company president Ernest Miller, pledged money for construction of the church and boarding school completed in 1923. For St. Benedict’s modest but well-articulated facade, the church-architecture firm of Erhard Brielmaier and Sons looked to the Lombard Romanesque style: a tile roof, round-arched doors and round windows, heavily corbeled gables. Prior to 1915 St. Benedict the Moor was one of only three churches in the city that served the religious needs of African-Americans in Milwaukee; the others were Calvary Baptist Church [AHI 109103] and St. Mark's AME Church [AHI 118473]. St. Ben's remains an active and ethnically diverse parish."" (Paul Jakubovich, Buildings of Wisconsin)" |
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| Bibliographic References: | CORNER STONE. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL 10/25/1995. MILWAUKEE DAILY REPORTER 10/26/1995. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL 10/23/1995. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL SECTION E 11/6/1996. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. "Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat 1915-1945 (second edition)" by Joe William Trotter Jr., University of Illinois Press, 2007 St. Benedict the Moor Parish website [http://www.stbensparishmilwaukee.org/about-us/history] Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A Palmer, University Extension The University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Kilbourntown Walking Tour, 1967. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |