St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Cumberland Street. It was formerly a Roman Catholic church within the Diocese of Providence.

Description

The Renaissance style church was built in 1913 by Walter F. Fontaine to serve Woonsocket's French-Canadian community. The complex originally encompassed a church, school, convent, parish house and a gymnasium that doubled as a theater.

St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)

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 in 1982.

St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)

See also

Catholic Church in the United States

Catholic parish church

Index of Catholic Church articles

National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

Pastoral care

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

St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)