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Saint Luke's Church Complex is a former
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
church and school located in
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. The site, occupying one-half block, was added to the
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in 2001. The complex covers 10 acres and contains 4 buildings of various architectural styles. The church, a
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
building built in 1891, is still used for religious services. The
rectory A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, p ...
is a Queen Anne style building built in 1895 with modifications in 1926 and 1946. It too is still used for its original purpose as the residence of the parish priest. The
convent A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
, also a Queen Anne style residence, was built in 1903 with modifications in 1916 and 1931, is now leased to the Two Rivers Historical Society. The school, a three-story building in a style influenced by the
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
, was built in 1909 with modifications in 1921, 1931, and 1958. As of 1992 it was being converted into an apartment complex.


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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Churches in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Gothic Revival church buildings in Wisconsin Queen Anne architecture in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-church-stub