Church and Chapel Sts., Grass Valley, California. County/parish: Nevada.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 03, 1974. NRIS 74000543.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy, originally the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage and previously Mount St. Mary's Convent and Orphan Asylum, and also known as Mount Saint Mary's Academy and Convent, is the only extant original orphanage in California and commemorates the Sisters of Mercy, in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California.
The Gothic Revival Style Victorian building with Georgian Revival accents currently houses the Grass Valley Museum, at 410 South Church Street between Chapel and Dalton Streets, Grass Valley.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860138