St. Aloysius Institute School

Photograph

-

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

St. Aloysius Institute School

Entry/Object ID

2003.02.0003

Description

St. Aloysius Institute - Institute School. Institute was named for this school. The school was completed in 1892 and named St. Aloysius (Alois) Institute. Built by the S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic congregation in Sevastopol, primarily to prepare the children of Door County for First Communion, the school also included dormatory facilities for 40 boarding students. Children came from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Michigan to attend the "Institute". Many were orphans, or came from single parent homes. Room and board was $4 per month. In the late 1890's, the sisters that ran the school also ran the post office. Letters came addressed to the "Sister's Institute" - even after the post office moved to a local tavern. Custom and usage slowly changed the name of the Sevastopol community to simply Institute. In 1920, the Institute discontinued its boarding school program and became the parish day school, S.S. Peter and Paul school. The original "Institute" building was replaced in 1953 by the present school building. (This history is from the Friday, Oct. 23, 1987 issue of the Door County Advocate.)

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2003.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - New, Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Rieboldt, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Place

Location

Institute/Sevastopol/Door/WI

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Schools, Sevastopol

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

03.0035

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Computer generated photograph, scanned from a copy obtained by Orv Schopf. Written on the back is: from Bill Stoffel 1/84 - return to Sr. Marian A. This photo is same as museum photo # 2014.33.4. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 3, 2003

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026