“O’Donoghue Hall,” Charlotte, NC
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
Contact
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: http://specialcollections.uncc.edu
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Note
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Category
Schools
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