St. Charles Seminary


St. Charles Seminary and Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The former Seminary in 2010
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Nearest city	Carthagena, Ohio
Coordinates	40°25′57″N 84°33′48″W / 40.43250°N 84.56333°W / 40.43250; -84.56333Coordinates: 40°25′57″N 84°33′48″W / 40.43250°N 84.56333°W / 40.43250; -84.56333
Area	150 acres (61 ha)
Built	1906 (1906)
Architectural style	Gothic, Romanesque
MPS	Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio TR
NRHP Reference #	79002840^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1979

St. Charles Seminary is a former American Catholic seminary, founded by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in 1861 in Carthagena, Ohio. The seminary closed in 1969 and is now a retirement center for clergy and lay people. The seminary, chapel, and five other buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

History

The first buildings on the site of Saint Charles Seminary were the former buildings of the Emlen Institute. The institute was a boarding school for African-American youth, begun with a bequest from Samuel Emline, Jr., a Quaker. The institute sold its Ohio property and moved to Pennsylvania in 1857.^[2]

The Missionaries of the Precious Blood had arrived in Ohio in 1844 to begin serving German-speaking settlers living there. In 1861 they purchased 200 acres of land and the former Emlen Institute to serve as a seminary for the candidates to their religious congregation, which they then placed under the patronage of St. Charles Borromeo.^[3]

The current seminary building was constructed over a six-year period in the 1920s. It is a three-story building with a 371-foot frontage, flanked by two 140-foot wings. The chapel was built by the sons of Ohio steepled-church designer Anton De Curtins.^[4]

The seminary closed in 1969 as a consequence of declining enrollment. Theology students for the congregation now study at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.^[5]

Present day

In order to accommodate the retiring priests and Religious Brothers of the congregation, the former seminary was converted into the St. Charles Center, a retirement home for them. As this need peaked in 1980s and 1990s, the center became converted into a senior living center for lay people as well.^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent, 1765-1956". Everford College, Quaker & Special Collections. Haverford College. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
1 2 "History of St. Charles Center". St. Charles, Carthagena, Ohio. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
↑ Mary Ann Brown; Mary Niekamp (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Cross-Tipped Churches Thematic Resource" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
↑ "Missionaries of the Precious Blood". St. Charles, Carthagena, Ohio. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

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