Good Counsel Complex, also known as Convent of the

Sisters of the Divine Compassion The Sisters of the Divine Compassion (also known as Religious of Divine Compassion (RDC)) are a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in New York City in 1886 by Mother Mary Veronica (formerly Mary Dannat Starr), Thomas Scott Preston, Msgr. Tho ...

, is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at White Plains,

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. The district consists of 10 contributing buildings, including the separately listed

Mapleton Mapleton may refer to: Places Australia * Mapleton, Queensland, a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region Canada * Mapleton, New Brunswick, a rural community in Kings County * Mapleton, Moncton, New Brunswick, a neighborhood * Maple ...

. In addition to Mapleton, contributing buildings in the complex includes the

convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

(1908, 1923 additions),

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

(1897), House of Nazareth (1891), cooking school /

infirmary Infirmary may refer to: *Historically, a hospital, especially a small hospital *A first aid room in a school, prison, or other institution *A dispensary (an office that dispenses medications) *A clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambu ...

(1901-1902), heating plant / workshop (1898), Tilford House (1856), St. Ann's Cottage (1901), and

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

/ stable (1890). The buildings include regionally significant examples of Romanesque Revival and Mediterranean Revival inspired architecture. ''See also:'' The buildings housed the

Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel was an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York, United States, within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The school provided clubs, athletic teams and special events. Go ...

which closed in 2015 after the complex was sold. Parts of the complex were sold to

Pace University School of Law The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is the law school of Pace University located in White Plains, New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA) accredited it in 1978. Pace has a top-ranked Envir ...

in 1975. The Sisters continue to maintain a presence on the complex grounds. It was added to the

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in 1997.

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Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel
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