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Photos: Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Monastery

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Monastery, through the years.

In 1935, the Benedictine Sisters purchased the Steinfeld Mansion in downtown ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and established second branch of the American Benedictine Order. Seeking a chapel and sanctuary, they sought to expand the Steinfeld site with help of architect Josias Josler. Instead, they purchased the property on N. Country Club Road and hired renowned ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ architect Roy Place who designed the monastery in his Spanish Revival style, using Josler's concept as a base.

The monastery opened in December, 1940. It was adorned with ornamental iron from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Iron Works and surrounded by trees from Reid’s Rancho Palos Verdes Nurseries on Orange Grove at Oracle Road.

The Benedictine Sisters sold the property in 2017 and the monastery closed in 2018.

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