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St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Refectory

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Description: View uphill toward the church and refectory. The refectory is on the left. A stone wall is at the base of the hill. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Catholic C...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View across road toward the brick church with a fence along the sidewalk. There are men and women standing in the front yard. A picket fence runs around th...
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Holy Family Academy May Crowning

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Description: View of a young girl presenting a crown of flowers to a woman who will place it on the statue of Mary at Holy Family Academy, built in 1909. A pew is in th...
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Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: Chapel interior, showing the altar and seating areas. The altar has a lacy covering over the top. The back area contains the tabernacle, a crucifix, vases ...
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St. Joseph's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, with the pews decorated with evergreen trees and shrubbery. The ceiling has low relief moldings in a abstract pattern. Th...
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St. Anthony's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, and the murals surrounding the altar and on the arched ceiling at St. Anthony's church. The sanctuary consists of a main ...
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Assumption Church

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Description: View from aisle toward the main and side altars of the Assumption Church. Murals decorate the walls and the main altar contains four statues and a mural o...
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Abbey of Gethsemani

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Description: View of the abbey's facade, with the church's steeple visible behind and to the left of the monastery. A white picket fence with an iron gate entrance surr...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: An aerial view of the monastery, showing a complex of buildings, roads, and the surrounding tree-covered property. A walled garden is between the entrance ...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: A Trappist monk in black robes stands in front of an arched doorway at the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. The stone columns around him have floral capita...
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Our Lady of the Valley

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Description: Trappist monks wearing white hooded cloaks sit at long tables while eating a meal. Religious imagery lines the walls.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: View toward an octagonal wooden outbuilding sitting on a hill among trees and plants. Decorative shingles and ivy cover the sides.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: View of the Our Lady of the Cenacle convent from across a lake. The building stands among trees and has a main entrance area that juts out from the rest of...
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: Elevated view of nuns kneeling in front of the sanctuary at Our Lady of the Cenacle, taken from the choir loft. Pews line the aisleway that leads to the sa...
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A Carmelite Monastery

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Description: A view of the altar with the body of St. Paula beneath. Two statues flank the crucifix. A row of pews is on the left.
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Saint Paul's Lutheran Church

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Description: Exterior of Saint Paul's Lutheran Church. The church features a cross-topped steeple, a large stained glass window, and a belfry on its left side.
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Catholic Church in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: Front view of the Catholic Church. The building features a stairway leading to an arched entrance, a rose window, and a decorative steeple with a clock and...
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Saint Peter's Catholic Church

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Description: Exterior of Saint Peter's Catholic Church, dedicated in 1897 and constructed by Joseph Hutter. The church is located on Fourth Avenue and features a centra...
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Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church

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Description: View of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, completed in 1918. A staircase leads to the main entrance of the brick building with a belfry.

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