Convent of Mary Immaculate (1878)
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sfwife
N 24° 33.164 W 081° 47.792
17R E 419331 N 2715657
Monroe County HM
Waymark Code: WM3YVH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
Views: 32
From the marker:
Built by the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary, a Canadian Order which first established a school here in 1868. Designed by William Kerr of Ireland, of Romanesque style, with dormered, mansard roofs and central tower. In the Spanish-American War the Sisters offered their services as nurses and the Convent to the Navy as a hospital, and rendered devoted service to the wounded and yellow fever victims.
Marker Number: F-78
Date: 1962
County: Monroe
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials
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