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Description
The caption reads, "Franciscan Monastery and St. Anthony Shrine, Kennebunkport, Maine."
In 1900 William A. Roger, Esq, a Buffalo industrialist purchased the land on which the Monastery and Shrine sits. He commissioned Green and Wick architects to build a Tudor style house on the property. On September 8, 1947, the estate was purchased by Lithuanian Franciscans. The house was embellished with the Shrine of St. Anthony in 1952. In 1953 the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes was constructed on the estate grounds and, in 1959, the Chapel of the Stations of the Cross was built. Both of these shrines, monuments of Lithuanian architectural art were designed by Jonas Mulokas, winner of the First Prize of the American Architects Association. (source: St. Anthony Franciscan Friary website).
Even though the postcard says "Kennebunkport," the monastery is in Kennebunk across the river from Kennebunkport.
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938.
About This Item
- Title: Franciscan Monastery and St. Anthony Shrine, Kennebunk, ca. 1947
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1947
- Subject Date: circa 1947
- Location: Kennebunkport, York County, ME
- Media: Linen texture postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Franciscan monasteries--Maine--Kennebunk
- Lithuanians--Maine--Portland
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- St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery (Kennebunk, Me.)
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