Property Record
148 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | ST. FRANCES DE SALES CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| Reference Number: | 67467 |
| Location (Address): | 148 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Walworth |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852023 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Late 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: | CONGREGATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1842. 2023 - The St. Francis de Sales Church was constructed in 1892. This Late Gothic Revival church faces north and is constructed of cream brick. The church features a tall copper steeple with a circular rose window, gothic-arched windows, and engaged buttresses. A projecting gable-roofed vestibule with flanking gabled pavilions was added to the primary façade in circa 2005. A school building addition was constructed to the east in circa 1959; it is constructed of brown brick, with a flat roof, cornice with modillions, and a wide shingled band beneath the second story windows. A side-gabled addition was constructed to the west circa 1995 and features a north facing arched loggia. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "St. Francis de Sales Church," Brochure, 1982, Lake Geneva Public Library local history. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |