"THE OLD CONVENT SHARED WITH A BARROOM UNTIL 1928"
In the Epilogue of my novel The Secret Sin of Opi, the narrator talks about Daniel’s elementary school experience. On page 279 the narrator mentions Daniel’s teachers.
“Attending school with the nuns had not been a pleasant experience for Daniel, but he often felt sorry for his teachers. They wore what looked to be the most uncomfortable garment that could be designed and they lived over a hall where a fife and drum corps practiced in the evening. Considering the religious garment they were required to wear and their living arrangements, one should not have been surprised at their lack of patience.”
In my research for this novel I located the picture above, of the convent where the Franciscan Sisters lived. They lived on the second floor, entering their living quarters through the center door in this picture, not the double doors in the rounded part of the front of the building, on the first floor. These double doors led to the first floor activity area, used each night of the week.
Note the inscription under the picture and the use of the first floor until 1928.
