File:Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Johnson Street, Mansion Hill, Madison, WI - 52752415899.jpg

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 97000552.

Built in 1865–1869, this Romanesque Revival-style church at 132 West Johnson Street in Madison, Wisconsin, served the congregation of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Constructed by James Livesey, it replaced a smaller brick parish church edifice on the same site established by German Catholics in 1857 (see the Property Record online). Substantial remodeling took place in 1880 following the designs of John Nader. Today, following the destruction of St. Raphael's Cathedral by arson in 2005, Holy Redeemer is the oldest Catholic church in Madison.
The edifice was built in the Latin cross plan and is clad in sandstone with a gabled roof with side gables towards the rear at the transepts, a centrally placed bell tower with a wooden belfry featuring arched louvers, bracketed eaves, arched dormers with clock faces, a slate shingle-clad spire topped by a finial and cross, pilasters at the corners of the building, Roman arched stained glass windows and door transoms, small rose windows on the tower below the belfry and on the gable ends of the transepts, six-over-six double-hung windows on the first floor, a cupola at the crossing between the nave and transepts, and a rear apse with beveled corners. The stained glass windows, belfry, and steeple were added as the congregation continued to grow in size and means.
The siting of the Holy Redeemer Church led to the development of a Catholic compound: the Rectory at 120 W. Johnson Street was built in 1885, the adjacent church offices and hall at 142 W. Johnson Street were dedicated as a Parochial School in 1892, the Sisters of Notre Dame who taught at the school were housed in a Convent at 129 W. Gorham Street as of 1894, and the Monsignor's Residence at 123 W. Gorham Street dates to 1897.