St. Ann's Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)

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St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Cumberland Street. It was formerly a Roman Catholic church within the Diocese of Providence.

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The Renaissance style church was built in 1913 by Walter F. Fontaine to serve Woonsocket's French-Canadian community. The complex originally encompassed a church, school, convent, parish house and a gymnasium that doubled as a theater. The church closed in October 2000 and later reopened as the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center. The St. Ann's complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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