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I went on a road trip with my good friend and shooting buddy diapaulic and his daughter Olivia to explore the abandoned Alexian Brothers Novitiate outside of Gresham, Wisconsin.
Sitting on some 232 acres of land along the Red River in Shawano County, the Alexian Brothers Novitiate was originally built in 1939 by Mrs. Jennie Peters as a home for her invalid daughter, Jane, who died before the residence was completed. Following her late husband's request, Mrs. Peters had designed the structure to make it easily convertible into a facility for the Alexian Brothers. Mrs. Peters lived in the house until 1948, and in 1950 Brother Nicholas Barteleme arrived as the first Rector. In 1954 a $1,500,000 addition was added that connected to the original house. The Novitiate program was moved to Chicago in '68, and the estate was put up for sale in 1969. The remaining Brothers left in 1972 and a caretaker was put in charge to oversee the grounds and buildings. On January 1, 1974, a group of about 45 armed Native Americans calling themselves the Menominee Warrior Society stormed the abandoned Novitiate, seizing the property and taking the caretaker and his family hostage, saying that they would hold the facility until the Alexian Brothers turned it over to them. After 34 days of chanting "DEED or DEATH" they evacuated the building as part of an agreement that offered the deed to the Menominee Tribe for $1. Due to lack of funds they were forced to relinquish all ownership of the estate five months later. A fire gutted the three-story mansion in October of 1975 and it has been deserted ever since. This is a closer view of the solarium that faces south towards the Red River.
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Solarium
I went on a road trip with my good friend and shooting buddy diapaulic and his daughter Olivia to explore the abandoned Alexian Brothers Novitiate outside of Gresham, Wisconsin.
Sitting on some 232 acres of land along the Red River in Shawano County, the Alexian Brothers Novitiate was originally built in 1939 by Mrs. Jennie Peters as a home for her invalid daughter, Jane, who died before the residence was completed. Following her late husband's request, Mrs. Peters had designed the structure to make it easily convertible into a facility for the Alexian Brothers. Mrs. Peters lived in the house until 1948, and in 1950 Brother Nicholas Barteleme arrived as the first Rector. In 1954 a $1,500,000 addition was added that connected to the original house. The Novitiate program was moved to Chicago in '68, and the estate was put up for sale in 1969. The remaining Brothers left in 1972 and a caretaker was put in charge to oversee the grounds and buildings. On January 1, 1974, a group of about 45 armed Native Americans calling themselves the Menominee Warrior Society stormed the abandoned Novitiate, seizing the property and taking the caretaker and his family hostage, saying that they would hold the facility until the Alexian Brothers turned it over to them. After 34 days of chanting "DEED or DEATH" they evacuated the building as part of an agreement that offered the deed to the Menominee Tribe for $1. Due to lack of funds they were forced to relinquish all ownership of the estate five months later. A fire gutted the three-story mansion in October of 1975 and it has been deserted ever since. This is a closer view of the solarium that faces south towards the Red River.
A cool way to view mine or anyone else's photostream is on fluidr.