473 Comments for Mission Hill Convent

According to Wikipedia the Chancel in the part of the church reserved for the clergy and the choir.

I hope they salvaged as much as possible from this room. Everything in great shape. So pretty.

They were also used by dentists to get the correct mix for fillings. I think this one could be rehabbed, but the dishes and weights seem to be missing.

Autoguy, I agree on the scale in the cabinet. It is really nice. Wonder if the dishes and the weights are in the cabinet.

These are so pretty when they have been exposed to the sun. They turn a very light shade of lavender/purple. Every door in my house has these knobs. House was built in 1920. An old woman who lived across the street when we bought the house told us it was built by the rich carpenter. Touches like solid wood doors and crystal doorknobs were because he had money. This lady was born and lived her entire life in the house across the street. I think she could have told me much more, but unfortunately she died shortly after we moved in. Lost a chance at history.

I want that window. Such a great shape.

I thought the alter was removed when a chapel was decommissioned?

I'm not Catholic, but I thought there was some ritual for decommissioning & desactifying a chapel.

I wonder who made the Oscilliscope kit?

We had both a Heathkit Television and a Heathkit Stereo receiver my father was forever fixing. In retrospect, I'm somewhat shocked he didn't have the Oscilloscope from Heathkit, He did get one from Intel later on.

Remember when Arnold shot the liquid villain in the face with a shotgun in Terminator 2?!

I'm pretty sure this was all part of the 'involuntary confessional' phase back in the 60's. . .

I see they also took all the shelves and the shelf pins that were in the metal tracks. These look like they were fabricated in the 60's / 70's?

Excellent title

I've said it before on that I never had a problem with graffiti. Graffiti and urban exploration will always go hand in hand and I just see graffiti as just part of the beautiful decay...a chapter in the story of decay and ghosts past...but I have to agree this time that the tags are unfortunate in this picture. The juxtaposition of graffiti and decay doesn't work here.

Here's a line I heard recently in an interview
"The random violence of Nuns"
I think it's an excellent band name. . .