Title	“O’Donoghue Hall,” Charlotte, NC
Subject	Catholic schools--North Carolina--Charlotte Church schools--North Carolina--Charlotte O'Donoghue School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Subject Personal	O'Donoghue, Dennis, 1841-1904
Description	View of "O'Donoghue Hall" or O'Donoghue School in Charlotte, NC. The oldest privately conducted school in Charlotte, O'Donoghue was established on August 27, 1887, by the Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic religious order, as St. Mary's Seminary. The name was changed in 1905 to honor Dr. Dennis O'Donoghue, whose bequest made possible the large building at 531 South Tryon Street, home of the school for many years (View shown on this postcard). in 1930, a new parochial school was designed to be built of granite and cost $90,000. The O'Donoghue School was moved to 1125 Buchanan Street in Dilworth neighborhood in 1930. Its imposing stone building is now known St. Patrick Catholic School, the oldest Catholic school operating in the Charlotte area. It is a K-5th grade school. [No. 904 - Published by International Post Card Co., NY - (54136); color; divided back; very good] The building shown was demolished in 1997.
Object Type	Still Image
Subject - Location	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Date of material	1899-1979
Publisher	Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre	Picture postcards
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	mb121_3_10_80f
Source	Mary Boyer Collection. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Relation	Forms part of: Mary Boyer Collection, 1899 - 1979
Language	eng
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