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St. Peter's Church (West Bend, Wisconsin)

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St. Peter's Church Farmington Wisconsin Sept 2013 01
St. Peter's Church Farmington Wisconsin Sept 2013 01

St. Peter's Church is a Catholic Church located at 1010 Newark Drive, Town of Farmington, Wisconsin. It was built in 1861 by a congregation of German immigrant farmers. Like many early structures in southeastern Wisconsin, it is made of mortared fieldstone, and is one of four surviving fieldstone churches in Washington County, Wisconsin. Church services were in German until 1930. In 1874, the congregation built a schoolhouse nearby, which operated into the 1920s. There is also a cemetery behind the church. On June 30, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance. Regular church services were discontinued in the 20th century, and as of the building's addition to the register, it was only used on Easter and Christmas.

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St. Peter's Church (West Bend, Wisconsin)
East Newark Drive, Town of Farmington

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N 43.454722222222 ° E -88.086388888889 °
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East Newark Drive 982
53090 Town of Farmington
Wisconsin, United States
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St. Peter's Church Farmington Wisconsin Sept 2013 01
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St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery (Trenton, Wisconsin)
St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery (Trenton, Wisconsin)

St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery is a historic church site at Co. Hwy. Y 3 miles south of the junction of Co. Hwy. Y and SR 33 in the Town of Trenton, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1856 by a community of Catholic immigrants from the Kingdom of Bavaria. Like many early structures in southeastern Wisconsin, it is made of mortared fieldstone, and is one of four surviving fieldstone churches in Washington County, Wisconsin. The church was served by itinerant missionary priests for the first twenty-four years of its existence. After 1870, the congregation was served by the same priest as the neighboring Holy Trinity Church in Newburg. In the 19th century, the church basement hosted a school where children from the area learned to read and write in German while also receiving religious education. The students were taught by Sisters of St. Agnes, whose order was founded in the Village of Barton, Wisconsin. Originally, the inside of the church had whitewashed walls, but in 1925, the congregation commissioned Milwaukee artist Hans Schmeidl to paint a depiction of St. Augustine behind the altar, flanked by bordered medallion paintings of Mary and Jesus. Sermons and hymns were in German into the 1940s. The church stopped holding regular services in 1985, and the parishioners joined Holy Trinity Church in Newburg. From that point on, the building was used exclusively for holiday services, weddings, and funerals. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.