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Contributed by Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

Description

This property was purchased from the estate of Increase S. Kimball in 1898 for $6,500. Kimball's home, seen on the left in this photograph, still serves as the parish rectory (in 2013). Construction of the church, to the right of the Kimball house in this photograph, commenced soon after the property was acquired.

Services were held in the basement of the church until the upper part of the structure could be finished. For several years thereafter the basement was used for the parochial school. The convent, to the far right of the photograph, was completed in time for the arrival, on September 6, 1903, of the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy had been invited to Sanford by Father McGinnis to take charge of the school. The parish celebrated its centennial in 1992.

Sumner Increase Kimball, who grew up in the Kimball house, later became the only Superintended of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the organizer of today's Coast Guard.

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About This Item

• Title: St. Ignatius Parish, Sanford, 1904
• Creator: Fred Philpot
• Creation Date: 1904
• Subject Date: 1904
• Location: Sanford, York County, ME
• Media: Glass Negative
• Dimensions: 13.88 cm x 20.46 cm
• Local Code: C165
• Collection: Index to the Glass Negatives
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Wentworth Street (Sanford, Me.)
• St. Ignatius Street (Sanford, Me.)
• Churches--Maine--Sanford
• Houses--Maine--Sanford

People

• Kimball, Increase S.
• Kimball, Sumner I.

Other Keywords

• Rectory
• Sisters of Mercy

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For more information about this item, contact:

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
P. O. Box 276 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME 04083
(207) 490-1028
Website

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