16 N. Harvie St., Richmond (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 07, 1980. NRIS 80004217.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
St. Sophia Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, also known as the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, is a historic Roman Catholic hospital and convent located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The original residence known as "Warsaw" was built in 1832, and subsequently incorporated into the Italianate style brick hospital building between 1877 and 1881. A convent wing was added in 1894 and a service wing in the 1950s. The building is a 3+1⁄2-story, brick structure on a brick basement with a Second Empire style mansard roof.
The charity hospital and home for the elderly was operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor order, and was used through most of the 20th century. As late as 1939 there were 15 sisters serving approximately 160 residents. In 1976, the Little Sisters of the Poor and residents of St. Sophia's moved to a new modern complex in Henrico County. The building sat unoccupied until 1982 when it was repurposed into a condominium complex named “The Warsaw”.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683135