Location Information
(for the Old St. Francis Xavier Convent)
Name:(Old) St. Francis Xavier Convent [Sisters of Mercy Convent]
Address:1021 Crawford Street
St. Francis Xavier School & Convent Complex
City/County:Vicksburg, Warren County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1868
Architectural Styles(s):Gothic Revival
No. of Stories:3
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:18 Apr 1977
NR District Name:Uptown Vicksburg (1993)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:39
NR District Name:Uptown Vicksburg Amendment and Boundary Increase No. 2 (2020)
    NR Status:Previously Listed
    Element No.:41
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Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:10-28-1994
Recorded:02-21-1995
Book/Vol. No.:V. 1036, p. 39
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Historic Vicksburg District
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Context/Comments
St. Francis Xavier Convent is significant as one of the largest and best-preserved examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Vicksburg. The Sisters of Mercy, for whom the convent was built, have exercised great influence in the state of Mississippi in the areas of education and public health since 1860.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 18 April 1977 from a nomination prepared by MDAH architectural historian William C. Allen. It was later included as element #39 in the Uptown Vicksburg Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 19 August 1993, and it was more recently included as element #41 in the Uptown Vicksburg Amendment and Boundary Increase No. 2, which was added to the National Register on 4 February 2020.

It is included in the "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977, 1979) (p. 95), the "Historic Vicksburg Walking Tour Guide" (1987) (in #24, p. 21), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (pp.78-79, YB18).
Brief Description
A three-story brick Gothic Revival building, facing south, with a slate-covered hip roof pierced by gabled dormers with six-over-six, double-hung sash. There are five bays: four six-over-six, double-hung windows with metal label lintels and double-leaf paneled doors with a Gothic arched transom with tracery. A blind Gothic arch is found on either side of the door. The one-story portico has a flat roof supported with four posts, a bracketed cornice and pierced frieze. The center section of the building projects and the windows on the second and third floor have Gothic arched transoms with tracery and Gothic pointed lintels. The heavy cornice is modillioned.