St. Edward's Convent - Bar Harbor, ME - Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries on Waymarking.com

From Wikipedia: "Architecture and building history - The building is set on the west side of Ledgelawn Avenue, a residential side street in the main village of Bar Harbor. It is a 2-1/2 story brick building, three bays wide, with a cross-gable roof configuration caused by a projecting section at the left half of the front facade. This projection is fronted by a large flat-roof bay two stories in height, with a band of three windows across the front, and single windows on the angled sides. The first-floor windows have foxed lower sashes topped by diamond-pane transoms, and the second-floor windows have larger diamond panes in a fixed sash, and are set in a stone frame with a Tudor arch. The main entrance is slightly recessed in the rightmost front bay. The other windows of the front are smaller, but also feature diamond paned sashes and stone surrounds with Jacobethan styling.

The building was designed by the Bar Harbor architect Milton Stratton, and built in 1917 with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Edward de Veau Morrell of Philadelphia, who owned a summer estate in Bar Harbor. The building is locally distinctive as the only significant example of Jacobethan architecture. Louise (Drexel) Morrell was the founders of Drexel University and sister to Saint Katherine Drexel.

The building has eighteen rooms, of which ten are bedrooms. There is one full bathroom and three half-bathrooms. It is 4,909 square feet.

The Bar Harbor Historical Society was headquartered in the building between 1997 and early 2019, when it moved to the La Rochelle mansion on West Street."

The historical marker in front of the building reads:

"Sisters of Mercy Convent - In 1918 Saint Katherine Drexel's sister, Louise, and her husband Colonel Edward Morrell established both the Convent and St. Edward's School directly behind it. The Sisters of Mercy ran the school and lived in the convent until 1970. The Morrell's spent their summers at their cottage "Thirlstane" on Hamilton's Hill above Kebo Street and welcomed Saint Katherine Drexel on vacation from her far-flung missionary duties.

The Bar Harbor Historical Society purchased the building in 1997 and it housed their collection of memorabilia and artefacts over the next two decades. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places."

Full name of the abbey/monastery/convent: St. Edward's Convent Address: 33 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME United States 04609 Religious affiliation: Sisters of Mercy Date founded/constructed: 1918 Web Site: [Web Link] Status of Use: Converted to Other Use

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