Saints Peter and Paul Church (Petersburg, Iowa)

	Saints Peter and Paul Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of C64 and X47; Petersburg, Iowa
Coordinates	42°33′18″N 91°12′51″W / 42.55500°N 91.21417°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1906
Architect	Martin Heer
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	94001589
Added to NRHP	January 24, 1995

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church is a parish church in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The church is located in the unincorporated community of Petersburg, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

History

The first church building for Saints Peter and Paul parish was constructed of

Art Deco

school building are located on the parish grounds.

From the north
Side elevation
Rear elevation
Rectory

Architecture

The church is, by far, the dominant structure in the village of Petersburg.

facade rises 145 feet (44 m). It is flanked by two 120 feet (37 m) towers on the corners of the facade.^[2] The side elevations are six bays long, including the corner tower and the transept. Each bay features a large lancet window below a grouping of three small lancet windows in a wall dormer above. Rose windows replace the window groups in the wall dormers on the transept. In the rear of the structure is a polygonal apse surrounded by a rectangular sacristy

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School

Prior to 1987 Saints Peter and Paul School served as the parish school.

Archbishop Hennessy Catholic School formed in 1987 as part of a consolidation,^[3] which had two locations: grades K-3 in New Vienna and preschool and 4-6 in Petersburg.^[4] It served as the joint parish school for Saints Peter and Paul as well as Saint Boniface Church in New Vienna.^[5] Enrollment was over 100 at that time.^[6] The school had a relationship with Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville.^[7] In 2013 the school consolidated all grades into its Petersburg location. Its enrollment at that time was 60.^[3] Enrollments consistently decreased prior to 2017:^[8] by 2017 the school only had 45 students. Archbishop Hennessy closed in 2018.^[6]

The remaining Catholic grade school in the "Spires of Faith" Catholic church network is St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Dyersville.^[9]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sara Anne Daines. "Saints Peter and Paul Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17. with photos
^ ^a ^b Muilenburg, Matt (27 February 2013). "Hennessy School consolidation underway". Dyersville Commercial. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
^ "school.html". Hennessy School. 2001-06-06. Archived from the original on 2001-06-06. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ Kruse-Domeyer, Jill (2017-10-13). "Archbishop Hennessy to close at end of the school year". The Witness. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ ^a ^b Wong, Allison (2017-09-21). "Hennessy Catholic School to close at the end of the school year". KCRG-TV. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ "School". Hennessy Catholic School. 2001-06-06. Archived from the original on 2001-06-06. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
^ "Hennessy School in Petersburg Will Close". KMCH. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ "Home". St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. Retrieved 2020-04-18. - linked from the Spires of Faith homepage (as of 2020/04/18)-->

External links

Media related to Saints Peter and Paul Church (Petersburg, Iowa) at Wikimedia Commons

Ss. Peter & Paul - Petersburg - In the Spires of Faith official website
Archbishop Hennessy Catholic School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Daines-2] Sara Anne Daines. "Saints Peter and Paul Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17. with photos

[Muilenburg-3] Muilenburg, Matt (27 February 2013). "Hennessy School consolidation underway". Dyersville Commercial. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

[4] "school.html". Hennessy School. 2001-06-06. Archived from the original on 2001-06-06. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[5] Kruse-Domeyer, Jill (2017-10-13). "Archbishop Hennessy to close at end of the school year". The Witness. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

[WongKCRGschoolclose-6] Wong, Allison (2017-09-21). "Hennessy Catholic School to close at the end of the school year". KCRG-TV. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

[7] "School". Hennessy Catholic School. 2001-06-06. Archived from the original on 2001-06-06. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

[8] "Hennessy School in Petersburg Will Close". KMCH. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

[9] "Home". St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. Retrieved 2020-04-18. - linked from the Spires of Faith homepage (as of 2020/04/18)-->

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v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels Thomas Robert Zinkula
Auxiliary bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin
Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City
Education	Higher education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque St. Mary's School, Guttenberg Former schools Sacred Heart School, Dubuque St. Luke's School, St. Lucas
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