Convent St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church and School
150 E. Wide Track Dr., Pontiac, Michigan
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Sept. 2012
Photo taken by Rattrak
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Coordinates:
+42.63209, -83.2868642°37'56" N, 83°17'13" W
Quadrangle map:Pontiac North
Description
A Michigan Historical Marker here reads:
St. Vincent de Paul parish established in 1851 by Bishop Peter Paul LeFevre, once included all of Oakland County and parts of Genesee, Lapeer and Macomb counties. The parish's first house of worship, the Academy Building, was first a private school and later a branch of the University of Michigan. In 1866 the church was moved from North Saginaw Street to Oakland Avenue at Lafayette. The parish grew as increasing numbers of Irish and German Catholic immigrants came to Pontiac to work in industry and farming. The Reverend Fridolin Baumgartner, pastor from 1876 to 1894, organized the fund raising for the construction of the present church. Nearly 5,000 people celebrated as its cornerstone was laid on September 6, 1885.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1989
- Reference number
- 89000492
- NR name
- St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Convent, and School
- Architectural styles
- Victorian: Gothic; Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Tudor Revival
- Areas of significance
- Ethnic Heritage - European; Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Religious structure; Church school; Church related residence
- Current functions
- Religious structure; Institutional housing
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1885; 1922; 1926
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 3
Update Log
- September 25, 2012: New photo from Rattrak