Convent de Bon Secours

Convent de Bon Secours is an historic residence located in the Tenleytown neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.

Convent de Bon Secours
Location4101 Yuma Street NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°56′54″N 77°4′50″W
Built1927-1928
ArchitectMaurice F. Moore
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.04001237[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 2004
Designated DCIHSJanuary 29, 2004

History

The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was founded in France in 1824. They came to the United States in the 1880s and came to Washington in 1905 during a typhoid epidemic to provide healthcare.[2] They were particularly beneficial during a Spanish flu outbreak after World War I.[2]

Upon arriving in Washington, D.C., in 1905, the Sisters moved into the old rectory at St. Ann's Church in Tenleytown. Between 1927 and 1928, the Italianate style convent was constructed to be the chapter house for the Washington, D.C., location for the Sisters.[3] The ​2 1⁄2-story structure clad in buff-colored brick was designed by Irish-born architect Maurice F. Moore.[3] The building is composed of a main dormitory section with a hipped roof, a chapel, a small arcaded tower, and rear loggias that are reminiscent of a Renaissance cloister.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Convent of Bon Secours". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  3. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, "Convent de Con Secours", November 19, 2004.
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