St. Francis Seminary (Ohio)

St. Francis Seminary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the main seminary building
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Location	10290 Mill Rd., Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Coordinates	39°15′28″N 84°32′32″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

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]

Historic uses

• Religious Structure
• Church School
• Church Related Residence

History

The 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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Mercy Franciscan directory listing
3. Franciscan alumni site - pictures of new construction at Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods
4. "Franciscan friars", Archdiocese of Cincinnati
5. "Cincinnati seminary sent Tom Cruise packing". The Columbus Dispatch. March 4, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2022.

External links

• History of the former St. Francis Seminary