Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex

United States historic place


Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex, April 2010
42°54′37″N 78°47′55″W / 42.91028°N 78.79861°W / 42.91028; -78.79861
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 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]^[3] The school property was repurposed as affordable housing for seniors.^[4]

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.
^ "Two Catholic schools to merge, two to close".
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying four photographs
^ https://nyrej.com/ehci-cb-emmanuel-realty-delta-development-to-transform-former-school-building-into-angelas-house

External links

Felician Sisters of North America
Angela's House
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 ^{[permanent dead link]}

Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Ordinaries

Bishops: John Timon; Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan; James Edward Quigley; Charles Henry Colton; Dennis Joseph Dougherty; William Turner; John Aloysius Duffy; John Francis O'Hara; Joseph Aloysius Burke; James Aloysius McNulty; Edward Dennis Head; Henry Joseph Mansell; Edward Urban Kmiec; Richard Joseph Malone; Michael William Fisher

Auxiliary bishops: Joseph Aloysius Burke; Leo Richard Smith; Pius Anthony Benincasa; Stanislaus Joseph Brzana; Bernard Joseph McLaughlin; Donald Walter Trautman; Edward M. Grosz

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo

Basilicas: Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna; St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, Olean; Basilica of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Lewiston

Chapel: Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel, Cheektowaga

Parishes: All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Blessed Sacrament Church, Buffalo; Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, Buffalo; Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo; Holy Angels Church, Buffalo; St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Former parishes: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex, Niagara Falls; St. Adalbert's Basilica, Buffalo; St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish, Buffalo; St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Education

Colleges and universities: Canisius University, Buffalo; D'Youville University, Buffalo; Hilbert College, Hamburg; Niagara University, Niagara County; St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure; Trocaire College, Buffalo; Villa Maria College, Buffalo

Convents: Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity; Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex

High schools: Archbishop Walsh High School, Olean; Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School, Buffalo; Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, Buffalo; Canisius High School, Buffalo; Cardinal O'Hara High School, Town of Tonawanda; Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo; Mount Saint Mary Academy, Kenmore; Nardin Academy, Buffalo; Niagara Catholic High School, Niagara Falls; Notre Dame High School, Batavia; Saint Francis High School, Athol Springs; St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo; St. Mary's High School, Lancaster

Closed: Immaculata Academy, Hamburg

Priests

Nelson Baker

John P. Boland

Celestine Joseph Damiano

John Joseph Fitzpatrick

Edmund Francis Gibbons

Francis Xavier Krautbauer

John Joseph McMahon

James Johnston Navagh

Thomas Joseph Walsh

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