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ChapelWindowChiRho.jpg
A photo of one of the stained glass windows at the Notre Dame Convent chapel at the Square.

ChapelWindowCrest.jpg
A photo of the stained glass window with the Sisters of Notre Dame crest at the convent chapel at the Square.

ChapelWindowEucharist.jpg
A photo of a stained glass window of the Holy Eucharist at the Notre Dame Convent chapel at the Square.

ChapelWindowLilies.jpg
A photo of a stained glass window showing lilies at the Notre Dame Convent chapel at the Square.

ChapelWindowMary.jpg
A photo of an elaborate stained glass window of Mary at the Notre Dame Convent chapel at the Square.

ChapelWindowSacredHeart.jpg
A photo of a stained glass window of the Sacred Heart in the Notre Dame Convent chapel at the Square.

ConventNeighboringHouses.jpg
A view of the growing high-rises in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. The current neighborhood is populated by many high-rises.

GrottoMayProcession.jpg
A May Procession around the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in the convent garden at the Square. The Grotto was originally built in the 1873 and later remodeled in 1883 after Sr Julia McGroarty had a dream about the Grotto.

1870SrsLoyolaRosineAndOthers.jpg
A photo of early Sisters in Cincinnati at Sixth Street Convent. In the front row are: Sisters Florentia, Eusebie, Loyola, Marie Florentia, and Marie Donatilde. In the second row are: Sisters Eulalia du St Esprit, Constantia, Alphonse Marie, and…

1887SistersGardenA.jpg
A photo of Sisters in the Sixth Street courtyard in Cincinnati. Provincial Superior, Sister Julia is in the center and Sister Martha is to her right.

1898SrMaryBorgiaSupriorAndSisters.jpg
A photo of the community at Sixth Street with Superior Sister Mary Borgia.

SistersGroupPhoto.jpg
A group of early Sisters in the Sixth Street courtyard in Cincinnati. In the front row are Sisters: Aloysius Gonzaga, Mary Magdalene, Aloysia, and Josepha. In the middle row are Sisters: Martha, Aloysius, Mary Johanna, and Lawrence. In the back row…

SrDesireeAndSistersGroup.jpg
A group of Sisters from the early Massachusetts community in Lowell and Lawrence. In the front row are Sisters: Augusta of the Sacred Heart, Mary Louise, Francisca, Desirée, Gertrude, and Agnes Joseph. In the middle row are Sisters: Philomena, Zita,…

SrsLucidieAndMaryStanislausInterior.jpg
A photo of the Sixth Street community and Sisters Lucidie and Mary Stanislaus in the inner courtyard.

1940Garden.jpg
A view of the inner courtyard garden at the Sixth Street Convent in Cincinnati. The early Sisters would let their neighbors into the garden to get water from the spring that flowed there.

AerialBuildings.jpg
A view looking down on the Sixth Street Convent, showing the neighborhood block. The property once belonged to Reverend Oliver Spencer, a pastor at the adjacent Methodist church.

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Courtyard.jpg
A view of the inner courtyard of the Sixth Street Convent.

Door.jpg
The front door at Sixth Street, built in the Federal style. While the door no longer survives, the large brass key used with the lock is part of the Ohio Unit Archive's artifact collection.

Entrance.jpg
A view of the front exterior of the Sixth Street Convent and Academy. Before the Sisters' owned the property, it belonged to Reverend Oliver Spencer, a Methodist pastor. He had many building materials imported from Philadelphia, which were used to…

GardenCenter.jpg
The Madonna and Child statue in the Sixth Street garden.

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