Holy Ghost Grotto
(The Dickeyville Grotto)

artist: Father Mathias Wernerus (1873 - 1931)
built: 1918? - 1930 (Some sources give the dates as 1925 - 1930)
where: 255-377 Great River Road, Dickeyville, Wisconsin
status: open to the public
more web info
1930 newspaper article
1980 newspaper article


Fall 2017 visit photos on Flickr



Summer 1992 visit










grotto interior



self-portrait with shiny sphere



all photos copyright Lawrence Harris



vintage postcard



vintage postcard



vintage postcard



1930 dedication announcement



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