St. Francis Seminary (Ohio)

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = St. Francis Seminary

| nrhp_type =

| image = St. Francis Seminary entrance.jpg

| caption = Front of the main seminary building

| location = 10290 Mill Rd., Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|39|15|28|N|84|32|32|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Ohio#USA

| built = 1923

| architect = Anthony Kunz, et al.

| architecture = Renaissance Revival

| added = March 5, 1999

| area = {{convert|128.4|acre}}

| refnum = 99000275{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

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.[http://www.wellness.com/dir/2507254/nursing-home/oh/cincinnati/mercy-franciscan-at-winton-woods Mercy Franciscan directory listing][http://www.franciscan-alumni.org/construction.htm Franciscan alumni site - pictures of new construction at Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods]

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.[https://200.catholicaoc.org/communities/religious/franciscan-friars "Franciscan friars", Archdiocese of Cincinnati]

Actor Tom Cruise attended the seminary "for two years in the early 1980s" according to the Columbus Dispatch.{{cite web |title=Cincinnati seminary sent Tom Cruise packing |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2013/03/05/cincinnati-seminary-sent-tom-cruise/23955218007/ |website=The Columbus Dispatch |access-date=19 June 2022 |date=4 March 2013}}

References

External links

[http://www.franciscan-alumni.org/schools/stfrancis.html History of the former St. Francis Seminary]

Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio

Category:Buildings and structures in Hamilton County, Ohio

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio

Category:1923 establishments in Ohio

Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1923