Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America
| Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America | |
|---|---|
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America (2006) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| District | Archdiocese of Washington |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Friary/Monastery |
| Location | |
| Location | 1400 Quincy St. N.E. Washington, D.C., United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 38°56′15″N 76°59′07″W / 38.9375°N 76.9853°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Aristide Leonori |
| Type | Friary |
| Style | Neo-Byzantine |
| Groundbreaking | 1898 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | 17 January 1992 |
Franciscan Monastery and Memorial Church of the Holy Land | |
| Coordinates | 38°56′15″N 76°59′7.1″W / 38.93750°N 76.985306°W |
| Area | 44 acres (18 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001943 |
| Website | |
| www.myfranciscan.org | |
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is a Franciscan complex at 14th and Quincy Streets in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. Located on a hill called Mount Saint Sepulcher, and anchored by the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher, it includes gardens, replicas of various shrines throughout Israel, a replica of the catacombs in Rome, an archive, a library, as well as bones of Saint Benignus of Armagh, brought from the Roman catacombs and originally in the cathedral of Narni, Italy.