Holy Cross Church and Convent
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Holy Cross Church and Convent
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| Location | 3001 Bay Settlement Rd., Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°33′20″N 87°53′27″W / 44.55556°N 87.89083°WCoordinates: 44°33′20″N 87°53′27″W / 44.55556°N 87.89083°W |
| Area | 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | Foeller, Schober and Berners; Reynolds, William E. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Italianate |
| NRHP reference # | 01000685 |
| Added to NRHP | June 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. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 2001 for its architectural significance.
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:
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