Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Winona

The church for nearly 2000 people was designed in the studio of Charles Grandison Maybury, which he ran in Winona between 1881 and 1904 together with his son Jefferson. They erected many of the city’s most important public and private buildings, including churches. Of these, the most magnificent is the Church of St. Stanislaw Kostka. Among the so called Polish Cathedrals it is a rare example of the use of the central plan as well as a vault suggesting the existence of a dome. The Winona church was modeled on the Notre Dame Church in Chicago (1889-1892), built for French immigrants.