During World War II the college was used by the United States Navy for the training of pilots. Mary is modeled after the Cathedral of Cuernavaca.ĭuring its first years in Moraga, the college nearly went bankrupt, but eventually managed to gain financial security when it was bought by Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, for whom a residence hall is now named. The California Churrigueresque style Chapel of St. The college and high school sections separated not long after the move to Moraga and the high school is currently located in Albany. The former San Francisco site is now the site of the St. The Oakland site is California Historical Landmark #676 and has been marked by a commemorative plaque.

The location on the corner of 30th and Broadway became affectionately known as 'The Brickpile' and Saint Mary's College would call Oakland home until 1928, when it moved further eastward to Moraga after a fire severely damaged the Brickpile. In 1889, the college moved east across San Francisco Bay to Oakland, California. Mary's College was handed over to the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Unhappy with the archdiocese's operation of the college, Archbishop Alemany applied for assistance from Rome and in 1868 St. One of its first donors was Mary Ellen Pleasant, a famed Black Catholic philanthropist who gave the school roughly $10,000 in today's money to help get the school off the ground. Joseph Alemany, a member of the Dominicans and the first archbishop of San Francisco. Mary's College began in 1863 as a diocesan college for boys established by the Most Rev. Archbishop José Sadoc Alemany founded St.

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