Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex
Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex | |
Location | 600 Doat St., Cheektowaga, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°54′37″N 78°47′55″W / 42.91028°N 78.79861°WCoordinates: 42°54′37″N 78°47′55″W / 42.91028°N 78.79861°W |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Sandel and Strong; Fronczak, Joseph |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 06000571[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 14, 2006 |
Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex, or Felician Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Chapel and Convent, is a historic Roman Catholic convent and school complex located at Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York. It is included in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. It was constructed in 1927, and is a three-part Gothic Revival building that was built for the Felician Sisters of St. Francis to house a boarding and day high school, public and private chapels and the Motherhouse/Novitiate. The school, known as Villa Maria Academy, closed in 2006.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
Alumni[]
- Christine Baranski, American stage and screen actress
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying four photographs
External links[]
- Felician Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Chapel and Convent, Buffalo as an Architectural Museum website
- [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFJG Villa Maria Motherhouse Compllll
ex - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com]
- Preservation Studios Buffalo, NY: historic building rehabilitation and preservation consultants[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state)
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1927
- School buildings completed in 1927
- Buildings and structures in Erie County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, New York
- 1927 establishments in New York (state)
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs