Built 1847 Architectural style Greek-Ionic Opened 1847 Added to NRHP 7 March 1973 | Architect Victor Schulte NRHP Reference # 73000253 Phone +1 414-271-6180 | |
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Location 844 N. BroadwayMilwaukee, Wisconsin Address 836 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA Similar Cathedral of St John the Evan, St Hedwig's, St Adalbert's Church, Gesu Church, St Stanislaus Catholic | ||
Old St. Mary Church was built in 1847, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by the Old St. Mary Parish. The parish was founded a year earlier, by German Catholic immigrants. Milwaukee, having been incorporated only the year before, was still a young city at that time, and Wisconsin had not yet become a state. Old St. Mary's is the oldest church still standing in the city.
The church was designed by Victor Schulte, a Prussian immigrant, who designed three other religious buildings in the area. It is constructed of Cream City brick. Its tower gained a clock in 1860 and three bells in 1868. These bronze bells were cast in Munich. Mass was held on the main level, and a school was housed on the lower level until 1867. The carved wooden main altar was purchased in 1848.