St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
- Architect
- Leonard Schmidtner
- Style
- Polish Cathedral style
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, designed by architect Leonard Schmidtner, is one of the first churches built in the Polish Cathedral style, a distinctive style tied to Milwaukee's Polish immigrant community. Its twin-domed silhouette is highly visible from the street.
the building
Twin domes. The church's twin-domed silhouette is an iconic, highly visible feature from the street, marking it within Milwaukee's Polish immigrant neighborhood.
the style
St. Stanislaus is one of the first examples of the Polish Cathedral style, a regional ethnic-parish architectural tradition developed by and for Milwaukee's Polish immigrant community.
the architect
Leonard Schmidtner is the documented architect of the church; no further biographical details are recorded here.
nearby
- Kunzelmann-Esser Lofts
- Hills Building
- Maria Hall
- Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum
- Basilica of St. Josaphat
- J.L. Burnham Block