FL-F78 Convent of Mary Immaculate (1878) A

Marker text: CONVENT OF MARY IMMACULATE (1876)

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.

Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials, 1962