St. Vincent Villa Historic District

St. Vincent Villa Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
St. Vincent Villa complex, January 2014
Location	2000 N. Wells St., Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates	41°05′35″N 85°08′39″W
Area	22.5 acres (9.1 ha)
Built	1932 (1932)
Built by	Buesching, Hagerman & Co.
Architect	Strauss, A. M.
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival, Romanesque, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	94000587
Added to NRHP	June 10, 1994

St. Vincent Villa Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings and one contributing site associated with a Catholic orphanage. The buildings were constructed between 1932 and 1950–1951, and include notable examples of Mission Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Bungalow / [[AFort Wayne Newspapers merican Craftsman]] style institutional architecture. They include the Main Building (1932), four cottages (1932, 1951), the Boiler House (1932), and two bungalows (c. 1925). The property was sold by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend to the YWCA of Fort Wayne in the 1970s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

in 1978 the property was purchased by the Fort Wayne YWCA and housed the largest women's shelter in Indiana. The property was put up for sale in 2004 and purchased by Imagine Schools LLC and occupied by their charter school. It was later occupied by the Horizon Christian Academy. The property was purchased on February 26, 2019 by Wallen Baptist Church of Fort Wayne, Indiana as a place of worship, to be restored and honored for its place in the history of Fort Wayne.