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Convent Station

Convent Station is a New Jersey historical marker in Morris County, dedicated 1963.

In front of Xavier Hall · location approximate

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Home of the College of St. Elizabeth, the first New Jersey college for women. Founded in 1899 by Sisters of Charity.

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Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Morris Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Bergen, Passaic Cos., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Map of The State of New Jersey (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1887 · City Of New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · Morristown, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

City Of New York, 1887, covering the location of Convent Station, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — City Of New York, 1887, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Convent Station

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