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Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy, originally the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage and previously Mount St. Mary's Convent and Orphan Asylum, and also known as Mount Saint Mary's Academy and Convent, is the only extant original orphanage in California and commemorates the Sisters of Mercy, in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California.
The 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2) mansion, with 22 rooms, is an early example of the California Arts and Crafts style. [1] The style, dubbed the First Bay Tradition, included natural materials and site-sensitive design such as local waste rock from the mine, hand-peeled logs and redwood shingles. [4]
St. Joseph Church in Marysville served as the pro-cathedral of the vicarate. When the vicarate was elevated to a diocese, Bishop Eugene O'Connell resisted the change of see city to Grass Valley, and continued using St. Joseph's as his pro-cathedral. St. Patrick Cathedral in Grass Valley was the official cathedral approved by the Vatican. [5]
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States.As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860.Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from Sacramento and 88 miles (142 km) west of Reno.
You Bet is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, 7 miles (11.3 km) east of Grass Valley and ... hard rock mines in neighboring Grass Valley. ... church, but no ...
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The Saratoga Foothill Club is a one-story redwood building with a By region, American Craftsman-style designed by architect Julia Morgan. The one-story redwood shingled structure, with its pebble paved courtyard and grounds, occupies the 7,409 square feet (688.3 m 2 ) city lot.
A woman accused of sparking a destructive fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills has been arrested on suspicion of arson, authorities said. Police in the Nevada County city of Grass Valley responded ...