St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St.Patrick's Church Milwaukee Apr11.jpg
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Location1105 S. 7th St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°01′12″N 87°55′12″W / 43.01993°N 87.92006°W / 43.01993; -87.92006Coordinates: 43°01′12″N 87°55′12″W / 43.01993°N 87.92006°W / 43.01993; -87.92006
Built1893
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.74000109
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1974

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is a historic church built in 1893 at the corner of 7th and Washington Streets in Walker's Point on the near South Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - still very intact. The building was designated a city landmark in 1973 and added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year for its artistic and architectural significance.[1][2]

History[]

St. Patrick's parish was organized in 1876, the first English-speaking parish on the South Side. Its initial members were mostly Irish immigrants and their children, to later be joined by Germans and Poles. In 1876 they built a combination church and school - the 2-story brick building at left in the photo.[3]

By the 1890s the parish was ready for a grander, larger building, and they hired James J. Egan of Chicago as architect. Eagan's design was built from 1893 to 1895 - a gable-roofed rectangular main block about 150 feet long along its east–west axis, about 70 feet wide, built of pressed brick and trimmed with Bedford limestone. A square tower stands at the northeast corner. The tower is flanked with corner buttresses and rises to a spire topped with a cross, 122 feet above the street. Centered beside the tower is the main entrance and above it is a large multi-pane window with six-circle shapes that echo a similar shape in the tower. Inside, the floor-plan is center-aisle, with the altar in an apse on the west end. A hammer-beam ceiling contains dormers with stained-glass clerestory windows imported from Austria. Sculptor Gaetano Trentanove carved the white marble sculpture of the Madonna and Child incorporated into the south altar.[4]

Since 2006, the parish has been administered jointly with the nearby parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the two share Jesuit clergy.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Hope, Andrew. "St. Patrick's Catholic, 1893". Architecture of Faith. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Mary Ellen Wietczykowski; Donald N. Anderson (1974-08-10). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-03-16. with three photos.
  5. ^ Tanzilo, Bobby (October 25, 2016), "VIP MKE: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Holy Trinity)", OnMilwaukee.com, retrieved October 28, 2016
  6. ^ Our History, Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Patrick's Parishes, retrieved October 28, 2016

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