St. Ann's Catholic Church Of Badus
History
The area was settled by 10 Swiss immigrants who relocated to Lake Badus from Stillwater, Minnesota in 1877, naming the lake after a lake near Piz Badus. The community celebrated its first Mass and baptism on May 20, 1880, joined by Irish settlers from elsewhere in Nunda Township. Plans to build a permanent church began in 1883, and were realized in 1884.
The routing of the Milwaukee Road through Ramona led to faster growth there; St. William of Vercelli there was split off as its own parish in 1898. St. Ann's was closed for regular services in 1965, although it remains in use as a summer chapel and for a special celebration on the Feast of St. Ann in July.
Architecture
It is a one-story vernacular-Gothic Revival building with a gable roof and clapboard siding. It is west-facing with four bays on its north and south sides, and it has Gothic-style tracery within pointed arches of its windows.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Atyeo, Janelle (March 18, 2018), "Church preserves history of Swiss community", Tri-State Neighbor, retrieved October 27, 2021
- ^ Denis E. Meier (1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus". National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2017. With two photos from 1978.
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