St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)

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St. Ann's Church Complex
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Location Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 42°0′27″N71°30′8″W / 42.00750°N 71.50222°W / 42.00750; -71.50222 Coordinates: 42°0′27″N71°30′8″W / 42.00750°N 71.50222°W / 42.00750; -71.50222
Built1913
Architect Walter F. Fontaine
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPS Woonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000006
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1982

St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Cumberland Street. It was formerly a Roman Catholic church within the Diocese of Providence.

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The Renaissance style church was built in 1913 by Walter F. Fontaine to serve Woonsocket's French-Canadian community. The complex originally encompassed a church, school, convent, parish house and a gymnasium that doubled as a theater.

The church closed in October 2000 and later reopened as the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center. [1] The St. Ann's complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

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References

  1. "Sites on the National Register of Historic Places". Woonsocket.org. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.