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Sisters of St. Dominic Motherhouse Complex
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"Queen of the Rosary Academy" on Albany Avenue.
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| Location: | 555 Albany Ave., North Amityville, New York |
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| Area: | 9.6 acres (3.9 ha) |
| Built: | 1878 |
| Architect: | Schickel, William; Rauth Bro; Berlenbach, Joseph (carpenter) |
| Architectural style: | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07000625[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 27, 2007 |
Sisters of St. Dominic Motherhouse Complex is a historic convent complex and national historic district at 555 Albany Avenue in North Amityville, Suffolk County, New York. The complex consists of five contributing buildings, a cemetery, and grotto. Rosary Hall(formerly known as the "Queen of the Rosary Academy") is the largest building in the complex and has four sections. It was built 1876–1878 and is a Gothic Revival style brick quadrangle composed of three 2 1⁄2-story sections and a 1 1⁄2-story section. Rosary Hall includes the chapel with tall steeple. At the center of the quadrangle is the Cloister Garden. The remaining building is Seraphina Cottage, the original novitiate. It was built about 1850 and is a 1 1⁄2-story vernacular Greek Revival farmhouse.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]