Loreto Shrine Chapel | |
 Loreto Shrine Chapel in November 2011 | |
| Location | St. Nazianz, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference # | 82000679 |
| Added to NRHP | June 7, 1982 |
The Loreto Shrine Chapel is located in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The chapel was created by Ambrose Oschwald, the Roman Catholic priest who founded St. Nazianz. After a storm in 2000 damaged the chapel, it was restored by the St. Nazianz Historical Society. [2]
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