The historic home on the Catholic Memorial High School campus comes down

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The historic home on the Catholic Memorial High School campus comes down

Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 2:57 p.m. CT Aug. 20, 2018 | Updated 11:38 p.m. CT Aug. 21, 2018

WAUKESHA - Workers began tearing down the historic Casper Sanger home in Waukesha on Monday, Aug. 20.

An excavator could be seen gutting the 1948 home with Italianate, Gothic, Victorian and Colonial design influences. The home, which sits on Catholic Memorial High School property, has been used by nuns and office workers in the past but has sat vacant for years.

The decision to destroy the home upset local historians, who said the building is historically "high-caliber." It is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Lori Holly, the school's director of advancement, said in July that the building became unsafe and the school plans to use the spot as a green space.

Casper M. Sanger House

507 E. College Ave., Waukesha, Wisconsin
Victorian Gothic house that has been a summer home, sanitarium and convent

[LisaM]

1. Unbelievable.

It's so short-sighted to destroy historical buildings. This infuriates me.

[The Genealogist]

2. They do it all the time in my town

Maybe not as historic as this one, but they've been taking out landmarks and in some cases whole neighborhoods of older but good quality homes, and replacing them with blocks of cheap apartment buildings.

[LisaM]

4. Mine too, in Seattle.

It's insane.

Kind of like Trump knocking down the historic Bonwit Teller store to build his cheap-assed tower.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. It was just a youngster compared to my 1858 home. I detest the

destruction of buildings after they have been deliberately neglected for years.

[Luciferous]

5. What a shame