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 Kemper Hall - Kenosha, WI
N 42° 34.516 W 087° 48.860
16T E 433169 N 4713971
Kemper Hall was chartered in 1855. It served as a school for 105 years. It is located at 6501 3rd Avenue in Kenosha, WI.
Waymark Code: WM5HJ4
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2009
Views: 9
The marker reads:
"KEMPER HALL
Kemper Hall, boarding school for girls, dates to 1855 when St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and some dedicated Kenosha citizens signed a charter launching the Kenosha Female Seminary. In 1865, the school moved to this site, the home of U. S. Senator Charles Durkee. The name was changed to Kemper Hall in 1870 to honor Wisconsin's first Episcopal bishop, Jackson Kemper. During its 105 years of educational service under the direction of the Sisters of St. Mary, Kemper Hall achieved prominence as a young women's preparatory school.
ERECTED 1979" |
Street address:
6501 3rd Avenue
Kenosha, WI USA
53140
County / Borough / Parish: Kenosha
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person: Architectural Style: Italianate, Gothic: Historic Person: Kemper,Jackson
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic function: Education: School
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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