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Villa Loretto

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Built
  
1928

NRHP Reference #
  
88000148

Area
  
7 ha

Architect
  
Murphy, Frank J.

Opened
  
1928

Added to NRHP
  
27 April 1989

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Location
  
Crompond Rd., Peekskill, New York

Similar
  
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Villa Loretto is a historic institutional building located at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1928 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for the housing and treatment of young delinquent women. It is a three to four story, "H" shaped brick building containing more than 175,000 square feet. The facility closed in June 1975.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Villa Loretto Wikipedia