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United States historic place
Mount Saviour Monastery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location231, 121, 122 Monastery & 65, 212 Fisher Hill Rds, near Pine City, New York
Coordinates42°05′24″N 76°57′34″W / 42.09000°N 76.95944°W / 42.09000; -76.95944
Area1,064 acres (431 ha)
Builtc. 1865 (1865)-1964
ArchitectJ. Sanford Shanley & Ronald E. Cassetti
Architectural styleItalianate, Gothic Revival, Abstract Modernist
NRHP reference No.14001213
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2015

Mount Saviour Monastery is a historic farm and monastery campus within a national historic district located near Pine City, Chemung County, New York.

It encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites on a working farm in continuous operation since 1865. The monastery was founded in 1950 and the property is owned by the Benedictine Foundation of New York State. Located on the property are the contributing Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel (1953) and East and West Buildings (1964), St. Joseph's House (1954-1957), St. Peter's House (Former Nagel/Hofbauer House, 1874), St. Gertrude's House (Former Durmstadt House, 1865), Mount Saviour Monastic Cemetery (1960), Good Shepherd Lay Cemetery (1955), St. Peter's Barn (Former Nagel/Hofbauer Barn, c.1890/1942), Main barn (1959), Arts & Crafts Building & Storage (Former Shop Building and Kiln, 1962/1973), Wagner House (Former Neilitz House, 1879), St. James's House (Former Harding House, 1870), and Annex (Former milk house and now monastery guest house, 1870/1961).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

The Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiú, New Mexico developed from Mount Saviour in 1964.

References

  1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/26/15 through 1/30/15. National Park Service. February 6, 2015.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015. Note: This includes Susan Gordon Lawson and Virginia L. Bartos (September 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mount Saviour Monastery" (PDF). Retrieved November 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs
  3. "About us", Monastery of Christ in the Desert

External links

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York
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