Saint Anne Historic District

The Saint Anne Historic District encompasses a collection of institutional buildings associated with the French Canadian Roman Catholic community in Berlin, New Hampshire. The district includes the St. Anne Church, the St. Regis School, and the St. Louis Hospital, all facilities built by the church to support the local French Canadian community. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

Saint Anne Historic District
St. Anne's Church
LocationBounded by Pleasant/Main, Church, School & Success Sts., Berlin, New Hampshire
Coordinates44°28′24″N 71°10′36″W
Built1900 (1900)
Built byM. H. Roy
ArchitectArchibald I. Lawrence
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.100002973[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 2018

Description and history

Berlin's French Canadian community has its beginnings in the 1860s, after the Grand Trunk Railway began service to the area. Saint Anne's was its first Roman Catholic parish, established in 1867. The parish grew rapidly as the city became a lumber processing center, and the present church was built in 1900 to a design by Archibald I. Lawrence, a local architect. The St. Regis Academy was founded in 1889, and its present building was completed in 1911. St. Louis Hospital, a 63-bed facility, was opened in 1905. The hospital closed in 1978, and has been converted into housing.[2]

This complex of buildings is located northeast of Berlin's central business district, on three blocks bounded by Pleasant, Main, Church, School, and Success streets. The church, located at the western end of the grouping, is a distinctive example of Romanesque architecture, and is separately listed on the National Register. The academy is located just to its east, facing Main Street, with the parish hall located behind it. The former hospital building is located at the eastern end of the complex.

See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Coos County, New Hampshire

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "St. Anne's Neighborhood". Berlin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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