- Dates
- 1969-03-23 – 1969-06-28
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Dominican Sisters of Beaver Island schools
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religionconstructioncommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Dominican Sisters held an open house at their new Beaver Island convent on March 23, 1969. The Beacon described the seven-bedroom building as a community project and announced a later auction to help clear its remaining balance.
Evidence and limits
The source gives a tentative dedication date of May 31 and an auction date of June 28; this entry does not treat either planned date as proof that the event occurred.
Open questions
- Did the planned May dedication and June auction occur as announced?
Sources
- Reports a March 23 open house at the new seven-bedroom convent, credits plans to Richard Stromberg and contracting to Walter Wogan, gives a tentative May 31 dedication date, and announces a June 28 auction to clear the remaining balance.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Dominican Sisters hold convent open house on Beaver Island, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-convent-open-house-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1969, “Dominican Sister’s Open House.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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