Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex
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Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex
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Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex, April 2010
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Location | 600 Doat St., Cheektowaga, New York |
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Built | 1927 |
Architect | Sandel and Strong; Fronczak, Joseph |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 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
External links
- Felician Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Chapel and Convent, Buffalo as an Architectural Museum website
- Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
- Preservation Studios Buffalo, NY: historic building rehabilitation and preservation consultants
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Categories:
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Gothic Revival architecture in New York
- Religious buildings completed in 1927
- School buildings completed in 1927
- Buildings and structures in Erie County, New York
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs