Saint Bernard's Seminary is a historic former

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complex located at

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. The educational institution formerly inhabiting the complex changed its name to St. Bernard's Institute and moved to the campus of

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in 1981 and was renamed again to St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry when it moved to a new campus on French Road in 2003. The original property was owned by

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between 1982 and 1992. It was eventually sold to a private developer and is now a senior citizen residential complex.

Description

The campus of Saint Bernard's is a group of four interconnected buildings designed by noted Rochester architects

Warner & Brockett Andrew Jackson Warner (March 17, 1833 – September 4, 1910), also known as A. J. Warner, was a prominent architect in Rochester, New York. Early life Warner was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1833, a son of Amos Warner Jr. and Ada ...

and built between 1891 and 1908. The four buildings are the Center or Main Building (1891–1893), the Chapel (1891–1893), the South Building or Philosophy Hall (1900), and the North Building or Theology Hall (1908). All four buildings use

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in their construction and share a

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style of architecture with stone walls and brick trim. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1996.

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External links

St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry Website
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Roman Catholic churches in New York (state) Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) Roman Catholic churches completed in 1893 Roman Catholic churches in Rochester, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rochester, New York 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{NewYork-church-stub

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