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. On March 5, 1999, it was listed on the

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. It is now a Franciscan retirement community named Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods.

Historic uses

*Religious Structure *Church School *Church Related Residence

History

The Franciscan Friars of St. Leopold Province in the Austrian Tyrol arrived in Cincinnati in 1844. They had been recruited by Archbishop

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to serve German-speaking Catholics in the

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area. In 1858, the friars opened St. Franziskus Gymnasium, a high school at Liberty and Vine. It later relocated north of Mt. Healthy and was renamed St. Francis Seminary."Franciscan friars", Archdiocese of Cincinnati
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attended the seminary "for two years in the early 1980s" according to the

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References

External links

History of the former St. Francis Seminary
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Buildings and structures in Hamilton County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio 1923 establishments in Ohio Buildings and structures completed in 1923 {{HamiltonCountyOH-NRHP-stub