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Aldrich Mansion is a late 19th-century property owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence since 1939. It is located by the scenic Narragansett Bay at 836 Warwick Neck Avenue in Warwick, Rhode Island, south of Providence, Rhode Island. Originally called Indian Oaks, and once the Senator Nelson W. Aldrich Estate.
He was educated in local schools in Rhode Island and spent two and one half years at Our Lady of Providence Seminary in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island. From 1955 to 1959 he served with the U.S. Navy as an aircraft electrician, visiting ports in England and Greece.
After ordination, Kelly received his doctorate at the Catholic University in Canon Law and served as assistant pastor and as an instructor at La Salle Academy in Providence. He also served as chaplain of Mother of Hope Novitiate in Warwick, Rhode Island and as spiritual director of Our Lady of Providence Seminary in Warwick Neck. [2]
The 1938 New England hurricane caused severe damage along the Rhode Island coastline, prompting the owner of one heavily damaged mansion in Warwick Neck to donate it to the diocese. After renovating the mansion, Keough opened Our Lady of Providence Seminary there in 1939. [4]
In 1939, he purchased the Nelson W. Aldrich estate at Warwick Neck, which had suffered damage in the 1938 New England hurricane, erecting Our Lady of Providence Seminary at the estate. In 1947, real estate developer Robert Wilson Goelet donated his family estate, Ochre Court in Newport, to the Sisters of Mercy.
Warwick Neck is a part of the City of Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. This section of Warwick Neck was first settled in 1660s [ 1 ] — (built approximately 1896 on 75 acres), home of former U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (whose daughter Abby wed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ) and his mansion and Warwick Neck Lighthouse.
Our Lady of Hope Mission Seminary - Operated from 1946 to 1971; run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Sacred Heart Seminary ( Hempstead ) - Operated from 1869 to 1994 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] St. Albert Junior Seminary ( Middletown ) - Closed by 1991; run by the Calced Carmelite friars .
He served as the first rector of the newly opened Our Lady of Providence Seminary in Warwick, Rhode Island from 1941 to 1948. [4] During his tenure as rector, he also served as pro-synodal examiner and secretary of the body of examiners of junior clergy (1943–1948).