The former St. Francis Seminary is an historic building located at 10290 Mill Road in Springfield Township in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. On March 5, 1999, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now a Franciscan retirement community named Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods.[2][3]
St. Francis Seminary | |
 Front of the main seminary building | |
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| Location | 10290 Mill Rd., Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′28″N 84°32′32″W / 39.25778°N 84.54222°W |
| Area | 128.4 acres (52.0 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Anthony Kunz, et al. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000275[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 5, 1999 |
Historic uses
edit- Religious Structure
- Church School
- Church Related Residence
History
editThe Franciscan Friars of St. Leopold Province in the Austrian Tyrol arrived in Cincinnati in 1844. They had been recruited by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell to serve German-speaking Catholics in the Over-the-Rhine area. In 1858 the friars opened St. Franziskus Gymnasium, a high school at Liberty and Vine. It later relocated north of Mt. Healthy and was renamed St. Francis Seminary.[4]
Actor Tom Cruise attended the seminary "for two years in the early 1980s" according to the Columbus Dispatch.[5]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mercy Franciscan directory listing
- ^ Franciscan alumni site - pictures of new construction at Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods
- ^ "Franciscan friars", Archdiocese of Cincinnati
- ^ "Cincinnati seminary sent Tom Cruise packing". The Columbus Dispatch. March 4, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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