St. Stanislaus Institute

United States historic place


St. Stanislaus Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Dormitory
41°11′32″N 76°01′03″W / 41.19222°N 76.01750°W / 41.19222; -76.01750
Area	4.1 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	1918
Architect	Prawdzik, Alexander, I.; et al.
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival, Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.	08001267^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2008

St. Stanislaus Institute, also known as St. Stanislaus Orphanage and Holy Child Church, is a historic former Roman Catholic orphanage complex located at 141 Old Newport Street in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton.

Description

The complex consists of three interconnected and three independent buildings built between 1918 and 1939, built originally for use as an orphanage for Polish children.

They are the Spanish Revival style boys dormitory (1918), Holy Child chapel (1939), laundry / boiler building, and rectory and garage. The facility closed in 1972.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2012. Note: This includes Shelby Weaver Splain (August 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Stanislaus Institute" (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2012.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton

Bishops

Ordinaries: William O'Hara; Michael John Hoban; Thomas Charles O'Reilly; William Joseph Hafey; Jerome Daniel Hannan; Joseph Carroll McCormick; John Joseph O'Connor; James Clifford Timlin; Joseph Francis Martino; Joseph Charles Bambera

Auxiliary bishops: Andrew James Louis Brennan; Martin John O'Connor; Henry Theophilus Klonowski; James Clifford Timlin; Francis X. DiLorenzo; John M. Dougherty

Diocesan priests who became bishops: Eugene A. Garvey; Joseph R. Kopacz; Jeffrey Walsh

Churches

Cathedral: St. Peter's Cathedral, Scranton

Basilica: Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann, Scranton

Parishes: St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex, Hazleton

Parishes, former: St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre

Education

Higher education: King's College; Marywood University; Misericordia University; University of Scranton

High schools: Holy Cross High School, Dunmore; Holy Redeemer High School, Wilkes-Barre; Notre Dame High School, East Stroudsburg; Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton; St. John Neumann Regional Academy High School, Williamsport

High schools, closed: South Scranton Catholic High School

Miscellany

St. Stanislaus Institute, Newport Township

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