St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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on Cumberland Street. It was formerly a
Roman Catholic
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church within the
Diocese of Providence
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Description
The Renaissance style church was built in 1913 by
Walter F. Fontaine
Walter F. Fontaine (January 12, 1871 – September 21, 1938) was an American architect of French Heritage from Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Early life
Fontaine was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1871 to parents that had moved there fr ...
to serve Woonsocket's
French-Canadian
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community. The complex originally encompassed a church, school, convent, parish house and a gymnasium that doubled as a theater.
The church closed in October 2000 and later reopened as the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center.
The St. Ann's complex was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982.
See also
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Pastoral care
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References
External links
St Ann Arts and Cultural Center*
French-Canadian culture in Rhode Island
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1913
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Churches in Providence County, Rhode Island
1913 establishments in Rhode Island
Roman Catholic churches in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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