Steeple Square

Steeple Square Steeple Square is the former St. Mary's Church campus, now a non-profit organization inspiring futures. The former St. Helen Huewe Culinary Kitchen.

Mary's Church campus located in Dubuque, Iowa on the block of White and Jackson Streets between 15th and 16th Streets. A non-profit organization, Steeple Square's mission is to serve as a collaborative, inclusive center providing opportunities for community support, social life and cultural growth. Mary's church is now the Steeple Square Community Event Center, which includes Honkamp Hall, the Sis

ters of Charity BVM Community Center, the McCoy Multipurpose Room and the Sr. This unique, stunning and versatile space is available for rent for events such as wedding ceremonies, receptions, family celebrations, business events, celebrations of life, education, vocational training, meetings, etc. The former rectory is now the Marita Theisen Childcare Center, providing safe, loving childcare to ages 6 weeks to preschool. We also offer free 4-year old preschool. In partnership with Opening Doors, the former school is now the Francis Apartments, offering both market-rate apartments and affordable housing for graduates of the Opening Doors' program. All of this was possible with the generosity of time, talent and treasure of greater Dubuque and other supporters across the country who desired to repurpose this iconic campus into effective use for our community.

Steeple Square is very appreciative of the generous grant from the Dupaco Community Credit Union Foundation in support o...
08/15/2025

Steeple Square is very appreciative of the generous grant from the Dupaco Community Credit Union Foundation in support of our mission of education, training and job-readiness. Congrats also to the other grant recipients!

Dupaco Foundation recently awarded $250,000 in grants to 35 nonprofits across Iowa and Wisconsin.

Steeple Square is excited to welcome Scott Ellerbach, MSE, as our first-ever executive director! Scott will focus on str...
08/08/2025

Steeple Square is excited to welcome Scott Ellerbach, MSE, as our first-ever executive director! Scott will focus on strategic partnerships, development and campus sustainability. Scott brings a wealth of experience and knowledge both in the development and partnership areas in our Dubuque community, and we are excited to have him as part of the Steeple Square leadership team.

Thanks to a fantastic and fun volunteer group from Dubuque Bank & Trust, a division of UMB Bank, n.a. , who recently hel...
07/12/2025

Thanks to a fantastic and fun volunteer group from Dubuque Bank & Trust, a division of UMB Bank, n.a. , who recently helped with weeding, window and playground cleaning, and other campus spruce-up projects. We appreciate all of you!

Check out our new billboard on 8th & White Streets in Dubuque! Weddings of a lifetime truly do happen at Steeple Square ...
07/08/2025

Check out our new billboard on 8th & White Streets in Dubuque! Weddings of a lifetime truly do happen at Steeple Square thanks to our iconic space and experienced marketing and events manager Lori Kurt. 😍🤩💍

We sure love this cover of a recent 365ink Magazine 🤩. Happy Independence Day from everyone at Steeple Square! 🎆🇺🇸Photo ...
07/04/2025

We sure love this cover of a recent 365ink Magazine 🤩. Happy Independence Day from everyone at Steeple Square! 🎆🇺🇸
Photo credit: Digital Dubuque

We are excited to welcome back Bluff Strokes this fall, continuing on our mission to support arts, culture and tourism i...
06/27/2025

We are excited to welcome back Bluff Strokes this fall, continuing on our mission to support arts, culture and tourism in downtown Dubuque.

Bluff Strokes Paint Out and Sales are coming this fall!

Steeple Square

Steeple Square welcomes Melanie Bressler Mill to our board of directors! Melanie is a customer success manager at Eagle ...
06/27/2025

Steeple Square welcomes Melanie Bressler Mill to our board of directors! Melanie is a customer success manager at Eagle Point Software and was previously our campus manager. Welcome Melanie!

Steeple Square’s bar is now open tonight until 7 pm! We welcome and appreciate our guest bartenders from Steele Capital ...
06/25/2025

Steeple Square’s bar is now open tonight until 7 pm! We welcome and appreciate our guest bartenders from Steele Capital Management, who are donating the bar proceeds and tips back to Steeple Square to support our mission. All are welcome. See you soon!

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101 East 15th Street
Dubuque, IA
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Steeple Square is the former St. Mary's Church campus located in Dubuque, Iowa on the block of White and Jackson Streets between 15th and 16th Streets. Currently going through restoration, Steeple Square serves as a collaborative, inclusive center providing opportunities for community support, social life and cultural growth. The former church is now the Steeple Square Community Events Center which is available for rental during the restoration. It has a hall, salon and conference center for rent. Email [email protected] if you are interested in renting space on our campus. The former Jackson Street School is now the Francis Apartments, which consists of permanent-supportive housing for Opening Doors graduates and market-rate apartments. The Marita Theisen Child Care Center is planned for the former rectory. The campus has already hosted stained-glass window workshops, vocational training, weddings, showers, birthday parties, end-of-life celebrations, community fests, community events, business meetings, art, music and cultural events and more! Steeple Square is inspiring futures!