St. Mary's Church, School and Convent
St. Mary's Church, School and Convent | |
Nearest city | Zell, South Dakota |
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Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
Built | 1910 |
Architect | Stolte, Herman E.; Schwartz, Joseph |
NRHP reference No. | 82003928[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1982 |
St. Mary's Church, School and Convent is a historic Roman Catholic church complex off
Description
It consists of four buildings and a cemetery, located on 7 acres (2.8 ha) just south of Zell in
The church was designed by Joseph Schwartz, one of the first architects to live and work in the state, and was built in Victorian Gothic Revival style in 1905. The site is privately owned.
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
History
In 1874, five sisters from the monastery of
Benedictine Sisters of Yankton
In 1889, St. Joseph's Convent was established in Yankton where the sisters had purchased an empty school building next door to the Bishop's residence.[4]
In 1897, at the request of Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, the sisters opened Sacred Heart Hospital, which in 1998 became affiliated with the Presentation Health System.[5] In 1938, at the request of Abbot Leonard Schwinn of Holy Cross Abbey in Cañon City, Colorado, the sisters took over management of the Fremont County Doctors' Hospital. In 1942 it was renamed Saint Thomas More Hospital. In 1994, the Benedictine Sisters turned St. Thomas More Hospital over to the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio.[6]
In 2009, Mother Jerome Schmitt, OSB, (1899–1983) prioress of Sacred Heart Monastery and the founder and first president of Mount Marty College was named to the South Dakota Hall of Fame.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. Mary's Church, School and Convent". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ "Abandoned, Not Forgotten", South Dakota Magazine, November 2, 2015
- ^ "St. Joseph's Convent, Yankton, S.D.", The Catholic Church in the United States Catholic, Editing Company, 1914, p. 28 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Avera Sacred Heart History
- ^ "Our History", Saint Thomas More Hospital
- ^ "Champion of Excellence: Jerome Schmitt", South Dakota Hall of Fame