St. Vincent Villa Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings and one contributing site associated with a Catholic orphanage. The buildings were constructed between 1932 and 1950–1951, and include notable examples of Mission Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style institutional architecture. They include the Main Building (1932), four cottages (1932, 1951), the Boiler House (1932), and two bungalows (c. 1925). The property was sold by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend to the YWCA of Fort Wayne in the 1970s.[2]
St. Vincent Villa Historic District | |
 St. Vincent Villa complex, January 2014 | |
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| Location | 2000 N. Wells St., Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°05′35″N 85°08′39″W / 41.09306°N 85.14417°W |
| Area | 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) |
| Built | 1932 |
| Built by | Buesching, Hagerman & Co. |
| Architect | Strauss, A. M. |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival, Romanesque, Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000587[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1994 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
in 1978 the property was purchased by the Fort Wayne YWCA and housed the largest women's shelter in Indiana. The property was put up for sale in 2004 and purchased by Imagine Schools LLC and occupied by their charter school. It was later occupied by the Horizon Christian Academy. The property was purchased on February 26, 2019, by Wallen Baptist Church of Fort Wayne, Indiana as a place of worship, to be restored and honored for its place in the history of Fort Wayne.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Thomas W. Salmin, II & Camille B. Fife (March 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Vincent Villa Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
- ^ Church moving to ex-YWCA site. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, January 15, 2019.
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