Good Counsel Complex, also known as Convent of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion

Sisters of the Divine Compassion

The Sisters of the Divine Compassion are a Roman Catholic religious order founded in New York City in 1886 by Mother Mary Veronica – formerly Mary Dannat Starr – Msgr...

, is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at White Plains

White Plains, New York

White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...

, Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

. The district consists of 10 contributing buildings, including the separately listed Mapleton

Mapleton (White Plains, New York)

Mapleton, also known as Alumnae House, College of White Plains, is a historic home located at White Plains, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1867 and is a large, -story five-bay residence with Second Empire and Italianate-style design details. It features a large verandah, a central...

. In addition to Mapleton, contributing buildings in the complex includes the convent

Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...

 (1908, 1923 additions), chapel

Chapel

A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...

 (1897), House of Nazareth (1891), cooking school / infirmary (1901-1902), heating plant / workshop (1898), Tilford House (1856), St. Ann's Cottage (1901), and carriage house

Carriage house

A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...

 / stable (1890). The buildings include regionally significant examples of Romanesque Revival and Mediterranean Revival inspired architecture. The buildings house the Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel is an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York....

.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1997.

External links

• Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel