National Register of Historic Places

Mount Saviour Monastery

Pine City, Chemung County, New York
Listed
January 27, 2015
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
14001213

About this property

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, 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.

Location

231, 121, 122 Monastery & 65, 212 Fisher Hill Rds.
Pine City, Chemung County, New York

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Mount Saviour Monastery listed on the National Register?

Mount Saviour Monastery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2015.

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Mount Saviour Monastery is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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