George Kent Performance Hall

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Former Immaculate Conception Church

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George Kent Performance Hall, the former Immaculate Conception Church
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Location Westerly, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°22′55″N71°49′32″W / 41.38194°N 71.82556°W / 41.38194; -71.82556 Coordinates: 41°22′55″N71°49′32″W / 41.38194°N 71.82556°W / 41.38194; -71.82556
Built 1886
Architect Holliday, Patrick
Architectural style Gothic, Other
NRHP reference # 73000007 [1]
Added to NRHP April 24, 1973

The George Kent Performance Hall (known previously as the Immaculate Conception Church and the Westerly Center for the Arts) is a historic building at 119 High Street in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Westerly, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 22,787 as of the 2010 census.

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Description

The building, a rectangular Carpenter Gothic structure, was built as a church in 1886-89 by Patrick Holliday for Immaculate Conception Parish http://immcon.org/ . the first Roman Catholic parish in Westerly, founded in 1886. The parish is part of the Diocese of Providence and the church was in use by the parish until 1968, when services were moved to a new and larger structure located about 100 yards south of the old building. [2] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] The building served as the Westerly Center from the Arts from the early 1970s until 1991 when it was purchased by the Chorus of Westerly.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence diocese of the Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872 and originally comprised the entire state of Rhode Island and the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in the state of Massachusetts. On March 12, 1904, those four counties were separated from the Diocese of Providence to form the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, leaving the Diocese of Providence with just the state of Rhode Island.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

Chorus of Westerly

Founded in 1959 by George Kent and now directed by Andrew Howell, the Chorus of Westerly is a 190 voice chorus based in Westerly, Rhode Island. It is one of the few choruses in the United States that has children singing alongside adults for every performance of its season. Members of the chorus come from all over Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut, with some members coming from as far as Bristol, Middlesex and Norfolk counties in Massachusetts. As part of its typical season, the chorus will present two "classical" concert series, a series of Christmas Pops concerts in December, seven performances of "A Celebration of Twelfth Night" in January, a guest choral ensemble in February, an 'a cappella' concert series in March, and Summer Pops, a large outdoor performance held in Westerly's Wilcox Park for audiences of 25,000 each June. For its classical and pops events, the Chorus performs with professional orchestral musicians from the Boston Musicians Association and from across Rhode Island.

In 2005 the building was rededicated as the George Kent Performance Hall. Kent Hall is now owned and operated by the Chorus of Westerly and hosts their symphonic season and programs as well as a variety of other music and arts events. Some private and community activities also take place in the center.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island.

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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 Former Immaculate Conception Church". Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-09.


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