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St. Peter's Catholic School
city of Oconto,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
Please click on each photo below for a larger view.
 Photos contributed by Dave Cisler St. Peters Catholic School 1894 |
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 Photo "The
History of the Catholic Church in Wisconsin"
St Peters School is at the left rear. It had been newly built in 1887. It replaced and earlier school-hall building from 1862. This original church building, built 1857, was replaced in 1895. |
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Photos Above
Note: According to 1895
church history, there were 280 pupils regularly attending St. Peters
Catholic School - Oconto. The photo above, from 1894 shows just the 73
male students. Female students were apparently photographed separately.
Names of the teaching Sisters are not recorded.Left to right (transcribed as written) Far Left: Pastor Rev. F. Valliant - born in Trevoux Ain, near Lyons, France. Became pastor of St. Peters in 1883. Far Right: Teaching Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Louis, Mo. Top Row: Geo. Vay, Wilfred Bluteau, Joe Barribeau, Joe Therien, Wil Mineau, Herb Fabry, Lou Burk, Hen Desjarlais, Matt Lefave, Lou Caurtoria Row 2: Lou St. Peter, Joe Vanhulle, Wil F. Mineau, Edw Revour, Frank Deneau, Frank Smith, Joe Creal, Oliv(er) Barribeau, Joe Destish, Al Stsanary, Den Lacoube, Wil Pecor Row 3: And Brown, Ted Lefave, Fred Lamountian, Wil Plude, Fred Gigieur, Har Magray, Wil Lamountain, Will Morris, Wil L. Mineau, Fred Carriiveau, Ol St. Peter, Will Couchine, Sim Decloux, Hereb Bauette. Row 4: Geo Cain, Vic Leclaire, Wil Bauette, Wil Gigieur, Art Fabry, Art Hazen, Joe L., Em Deteriville, Fran Burk, Fran Hazen, Tom Fabry, Greg Fumel, Wil Balerie, Wil Pacquette. Row 5: Abe Lanaville, Edw Hazen, Oscar Brazeau, Jos. Hazen, Edw Porier, Frank Fumel, Ed Neuvill, Joe Belongia, Frank Paya, Ogel Wesel, Xav. Balerie. Row 6: Frank Deneau, Chas Chosa, Xav. Plude, Albert Barette, Lou Yahnke, Frank Durand, Art Lanaville, Edw Lamirande, Geo. Barribeau, John Flynn, Edw Carriveau. |
 Photo "The
History of the Catholic Church in Wisconsin"
St Peters School is at the left rear. It had been newly built in 1887. It replaced and earlier school-hall building from 1862. This original church building, built 1857, was replaced in 1895. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Landmark Due To Disappear
Oconto - An Oconto landmark - St. Peter's grade school of 1887 vintage - is destined to disappear with the completion of a new grade school building on Brazeau Ave. adjacent to the present school and convent. The goal for completion of the new six-room school building has been set for late October and the present building will give way for a playground and parking area for members of the parish on Sundays. The present school was completed in March of 1887 at a cost of $5,806 including furnishings. The Rev. Abner Laquc, St. Peter's pastor, said the cost of the new school and convent will be approximately $141,143.85 not including furnishings or architect fees. * * *
Father
Laquc, who broke ground for the new structure Saturday, said
the
school building in addition to six classrooms will include an office,
first aid room, visitor's room, furnace room and a custodian's room. It
will be a one story structure of cement blocks faced with bricks.
The new convent, a separate building, will be large enough to accommodate six teaching nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet who supply the faculty members. The convent will be a brick veneer structure with its own heating system. The general construction contract for both buildings went to Frank O. Zeise Construction Co. of Green Bay at figure of $82, 963. Tweet Brothers of Green Bay have the heating c contract for the school at $15,955 and the heating system for the convent will be installed by Greg Engobos and Sons of Green Bay at a cost of $4,061. * * *
Krakow
Hardware Co. of Krakow has the plumbing contract for both buildings at
a cost of $10,996. Electrical work was awarded to Oconto
Electric
at a figure of $9, 600 and the general hardware contract went to
LaForce Builders Hardware of Green bay for $1395. Asa D.
Foster of
Little Suamico had the contract for fill at the location for $6,195,.65.
Oliver J. Herrick of Green Bay is the architect. Members of the parish who assisted in the planning of the two buildings included Clifford Noel, Richard Richter, Clifford Mineau, Wilber Drolette, George Kelm, William F. Trepanier, Francis Hoppe, Eingelbert Picard, Louis Plude, Joseph Aubry, Joseph Huisman, Author O'Neil and Alfred Merline. |
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