{"nrhp_refnum":"06000272","name":"St. Joseph Convent and Academy Complex","other_names":["Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis,","Marymount"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"12215 Granger Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garfield Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.420253808500064,"lon":-81.59776994493998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 26-acre district at 12215 Granger Road, Garfield Heights, Ohio, serving as a provincial home of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis. It includes a 1924 convent and academy building, a 1939 shrine, a 1955 high school and ancillary buildings.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be significant as a long-running center of Polish Catholic life in greater Cleveland, housing a provincial motherhouse and a girls' high school that opened in the 1920s. The 1939 Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa made it a pilgrimage site for Polish Catholics regionally and nationally. Its Mediterranean Revival buildings also retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Set on about 26 acres in Garfield Heights, this complex serves as a provincial home of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, a congregation founded in 1901 to serve Polish American communities. The oldest building, the 1924 convent and academy designed by Cleveland architect Franz C. Warner, is a three-story brown brick structure with red tile roofs, arched openings, terra cotta detailing and a chapel at the rear. Later additions include the 1939 Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, the 1955 Trinity High School, a garage and other small buildings. Five buildings contribute to the district, while one altered building and seven objects do not. The complex matters because it opened a permanent province, a motherhouse and a high school for girls in 1926, and the school has operated ever since. The shrine also drew Polish Catholic pilgrims from across the region and nation. The buildings retain a high degree of integrity despite modest changes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Franz C. Warner (Cleveland architect of the 1924 convent and academy)","architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th Century Revival/Mediterranean Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The school has operated continuously since 1926 and the sisters still reside at Marymount; the form lists current functions as church-related residence, religious facility and church school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.762057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/06000272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000272/297fbac6b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000272/297fbac6b5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Joseph_Convent,_now_a_hospital.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Joseph_Convent,_now_a_hospital.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987935","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph_Convent_and_Academy_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/st-joseph-convent-and-academy-complex-06000272/"}