In the 1850s, Belgian immigrants began to settle in the southern Door, northwest Kewaunee and northeast Brown counties of Wisconsin. They brought their religion tradition of roadside chapels with them to a wilderness area with poor roads and few churches. Some of the old chapels still exist today as well as some new ones. Most are a wooden building, that at first glance might resemble a privy, if not for the cross near the door. This Saint Donat Chapel is one of thirty remaining roadside chapels which was built from stone. It is believe to have been constructed a few years after Charles DeVillers settled his land in 1856.
Stone Roadside Chapel
