Records With Access Point "Convents"
9 results found (9 digitized image(s) available).
Convent and hospital in Saint-Basile of Madawaska
Item - 1903-1904
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Photo taken around 1903 and 1904. The brick building on the left is called Convent. It was built between 1885 and 1889. It first served as a boarding school for girls and boys, as public school and sisters' residence on the third floor (the one with white balconies). In 1902, the boys moved to their own boarding school, (not visible in the photo), behind the hospital. There is a covered corridor joining the two buildings. On the right in the photo, behind elm trees, the wood building with gables is the hospital, Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph built in 1881. It served for the sick and disabled as well as aging and retired people. In 1916, the hospital moved into the brick building on the left. At that time, the sisters, who belong to the order of Religieuses Hospitalières de St. Joseph, had their own monastery built from 1906 to 1910. A boarding school and chapel was build and completed in 1915, between the two buildings in the photo. The small white building in between is a chapel and is par...
New convent of the nursing sisters of Chatham, NB
Item - 1968
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This convent was a replacement for the old convent. The teaching sisters moved to the former Bishop Palace while the new convent was being constructed. They take care of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, as well as the St. Joseph’s Hospital for older citizens.
View of Newcastle
Item - 1895-1905
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Possibly taken at Harkins Academy, looking down onto the Queen’s Highway (later King George Highway) and Regent Street at center. The back of St. Mary’s Convent (Roman Catholic) is on the left. The convent was bounded by Queen's Highway (later King George Highway), Regent, Odell and Prince William (now Newcastle Boulevard) Streets. This convent was built in 1895 for the Sisters of Congregation de Notre Dame and it also housed a convent school. It burned 16 February 1924. Newcastle, New Brunswick.
View of Newcastle, possibly taken from Harkins Academy
Item - 1895-1905
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The back of St. Mary’s Convent (Roman Catholic) is at the center. The convent was bounded by Queen's Highway (later King George Highway), Regent, Odell and Prince William (now Newcastle Boulevard) Streets. This convent was built in 1895 for the Sisters of Congregation de Notre Dame and it also housed a convent
school. It burned 16 February 1924. Newcastle, New Brunswick.