The complex was also home to the Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and National Shrine. Saint Katharine was entombed in a crypt in the chapel until the entire crypt was moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia and established as a new shrine.[2]
History
The complex was built in 1892, and consists of three contributing buildings. They are built in the Spanish-French Mission style. The main building is the convent, which has an attached chapel and bell tower. The other contributing buildings are the utility building and 2+1⁄2-story laundry building.[3]
The convent was closed and sold in 2017, though the chapel was preserved as a place of worship. The Drexel shrine, however, was decommissioned and rebuilt at the Philadelphia cathedral thereafter.
Gallery
Entrance to the Katharine Drexel Shrine, April 2012