Holy Cross Church and Convent

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Holy Cross Church and Convent
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Location3001 Bay Settlement Rd., Green Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°33′20″N87°53′27″W / 44.55556°N 87.89083°W / 44.55556; -87.89083
Area5.8 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1862
ArchitectFoeller, Schober and Berners; Reynolds, William E.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 01000685 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 2001

Holy Cross Church and Convent is a Roman Catholic church complex in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with six structures built from 1862 to 1932 in various architectural styles. Currently, it is also a church school. [2] The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 2001 for its architectural significance. [3]

Holy Cross parish has roots going back to 1834, when Father Van den Broek established a chapel in the Bay Settlement area. Around 1852 Father Edward Daems bought land at the site of the current complex and the parish built a pine church building, which no longer exists. In 1862 the rectory was built next to the pine church. In 1868 a school was added, which no longer exists. Surviving buildings include: [2]

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross Convent was located to the North of the rectory, and consisted of several sections. A frame convent was built in 1880. In 1916, a two-story red brick building was added to the south of the 1880 section, designed by Foeller, Schober and Berners of Green Bay with Neo-Gothic details. It had a corner turret, a center bay, and a gable roof topped with a stone cross. In 1932 a three-story section was added to the north, designed by William E. Reynolds with Colonial Revival details. After a fire in 1959, the original 1880 convent was replaced with a four-story brick section, joining the other two sections into a U-shaped floorplan. [6] [2] In 2006, The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross moved into a new convent closer to the bay, to the west. [7] The entire former convent was razed in 2012. [8]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Stacey C. Pilgrim; Beth A. Wielde; Chad David Moffet (August 2000). "NRHP Registration: Holy Cross Church and Convent". National Park Service . Retrieved June 15, 2017. With 14 photos.
  3. "Holy Cross Church and Convent". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  4. "Holy Cross Rectory". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  5. "The Old White Laundry". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  6. "Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross Convent". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  7. "Community History". Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross. April 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. "Brown County Historical SocietyLost | Brown County Historical Society". November 9, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2021.