Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex (Providence, Rhode Island)

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex

Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Location Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°49′32″N 71°26′52″W / 41.82556°N 71.44778°W / 41.82556; -71.44778Coordinates: 41°49′32″N 71°26′52″W / 41.82556°N 71.44778°W / 41.82556; -71.44778
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1905
Architect Murphy, Ambrose J.
Fontaine, Walter
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Romanesque
MPS Providence MPS
NRHP Reference # 90000343 [1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 1990

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex is an historic Roman Catholic church complex at 901-903 Atwells Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island within the Diocese of Providence.

Description

Our Lady of Lourdes consists of four buildings: a church, rectory, school, and convent. The church is a steel-frame structure clad in brick, designed by Ambrose Murphy and built in 1925. The rectory is a two-story brick structure with hip roof; it was built in 1912. The original rectory, built in 1905 to a design by Walter Fontaine, was converted for use as a convent when the new rectory was built. The school building, also built in 1905 to a Fontaine design, is the largest structure in the complex, and originally served as both school and church until the student population grew too large for the educational facilities.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.