4/15/1996
4/15/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
S Church St between Chapel and Dalton Sts, Grass Valley - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
4/15/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
4/15/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 12.855, W 121 4.06 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy
Built by the Reverend Thomas J. Dalton and dedicated May 2, 1865 by Bishop Eugene O'Connell as Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage. Under the Sisters of Mercy it served from 1866 to 1932 as the first orphanage of the northern mines. It functioned as an academy (1868-1965) and a convent (1866-1968).