Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex

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Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex
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Location Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°49′32″N71°26′52″W / 41.82556°N 71.44778°W / 41.82556; -71.44778 Coordinates: 41°49′32″N71°26′52″W / 41.82556°N 71.44778°W / 41.82556; -71.44778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1905
Architect Murphy, Ambrose J.
Fontaine, Walter
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Romanesque
MPS Providence MPS
NRHP reference No. 90000343 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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.

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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]

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References

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