St. Edward Seminary

Saint Edward Seminary

Type	Seminary
Active	1930–1976
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Location	Kenmore, Washington, United States 47°43′59″N 122°15′26″W / 47.7331°N 122.2572°W / 47.7331; -122.2572Coordinates: 47°43′59″N 122°15′26″W / 47.7331°N 122.2572°W / 47.7331; -122.2572

Saint Edward Seminary (sometimes "Saint Edward's Seminary") was an institution for developing Catholic priests in the US state of Washington. Dedicated to Saint Edward the Confessor and located in the city of Kenmore, it operated for 46 years before closing in 1976. The seminary and most of its grounds now constitute Saint Edward State Park.^[1] The seminary was located on a 366 acres (148 ha; 0.572 sq mi) property purchased in the late 1920s. Building plans were scaled back in 1929 due to the Great Depression. In 1931, the seminary opened as a minor seminary; it became a major (college level) seminary in 1935. In 1958, Saint Thomas the Apostle Seminary opened as a major seminary on 50 acres of the site and St. Edward continued as a minor seminary. The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle closed St. Edward in 1976 and sold it to the State of Washington in 1977. It became Saint Edward State Park in 1978. After St. Thomas closed, Bastyr University leased and later bought that campus.

History

1920s: The land for the seminary is purchased by Bishop Edward John O'Dea,^[2] using his own personal inheritance, and donated to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle for the purpose of building a seminary for diocesan priests^[1]
October 13, 1930:^[1] Bishop O'Dea blesses the cornerstone for construction.
1931: Saint Edward Seminary opens, staffed by priests of the Sulpician Order (also known as Society of St. Sulpice), a teaching order.
1935: Major seminary classes are added.
1939: The first class of 12 men is ordained.
1958: St. Thomas the Apostle Seminary opens on the higher ground of the property; St. Edward resumed its status as exclusively a minor seminary .
1969: The Carole Ann Wald Swimming Pool was dedicated, named for the sister of a seminary student, by their father a major donor. After the closing of the seminary, the pool provided indoor/year round public swimming programs for all ages and abilities, and home practice facility to nearby Inglemoor High School Viking men and women swim teams. It also is used as a practice facility by the Seattle Synchronized Swimming group.
1976: Due to declining enrollment, Saint Edward’s Seminary closes. The high school program continues for a short time at JFK High School in Seattle.
1977: The State of Washington buys most of the property (316 acres)^[1] with the assistance of a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from the National Park Service and the Washington Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation. The property becomes Saint Edward State Park. The grounds of Saint Thomas Seminary (renamed Saint Thomas Center) are leased by Bastyr University, and subsequently purchased by the university in 2005.
1997: The former Saint Edward Seminary building is placed on the Washington State Heritage Register.^[1]
2005: Bastyr buys out its leased property.
2005: Washington State Parks begins a land-use planning project for Saint Edward State Park.
Autumn 2006: Saint Edward Seminary nominated to the National Register of Historic Places
2007 With elevated public attention drawn by Citizens for Saint Edward Park(C4SEP), the State Legislature allocated $500k toward evaluation of the building's condition from the aggregate effects of years of underfunded and deferred maintenance, and $500k for immediate and sorely needed repairs.
April 2007: Saint Edward Seminary is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
2007-2008: Bassetti Architects selected to evaluate and report on the Seminary building conditions.
April 2008 Ranger/Park Manager Mohammad Mostafavinassab reported that an additional $1.7mm is being funded for Phase 1 (repair/replace foundation and field drainage, and repair foundation), and to begin Phase 2 (Exterior repairs).
May 2009: A video tour of the Seminary building becomes available, courtesy of the Seattle Times, with an accompanying writeup.
December 2009: Carole Ann Wald Memorial Pool is mothballed.

Nomenclature

The proper name is "Saint Edward Seminary"; however, it is frequently referred to as "Saint Edward's" perhaps for ease of pronunciation.

Notable alumni

Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen
Mike Murphy (Washington politician)

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 "Your guide to Saint Edward State Park", Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission; document P&R 45-87000-1 (12/02)
↑ "1931: Saint Edward's Seminary Dedicated". Archdiocese of Seattle. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2007.

External links

Archdiocese of Seattle

Ordinaries	Bishops of Nesqually Augustin-Magloire Blanchet Egidius Junger Bishops of Seattle Edward John O'Dea Gerald Shaughnessy Archbishops of Seattle Thomas Arthur Connolly Raymond Hunthausen Thomas Joseph Murphy Alexander Joseph Brunett J. Peter Sartain

Auxiliary Bishops	Thomas Edward Gill Nicolas Eugene Walsh Donald Wuerl George Leo Thomas Joseph J. Tyson Eusebio Elizondo Almaguer

Churches	Cathedral St. James Cathedral Parishes Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle North American Martyrs Church, Seattle Church of the Immaculate Conception, Steilacoom Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater, Vancouver Missions St. Anne's Mission, Marysville

Higher Education	Seattle University Saint Martin's University

Priests	Jean-Baptiste Brondel Joseph Patrick Dougherty Cornelius Michael Power

Miscellany	St. Edward Seminary

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