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Series 236, Box 1, envelope 167
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Sign text read: Convent of Mary Immaculate (1878) Built by the Sisters of the Holy Names 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. F-78. Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. 1962.
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