Stephen Talks About Some Immaculate Campus Buildings

Stephen Talks About Some Immaculate Campus Buildings

Stephen said...
A familiar view. The three story brick building with the
steps and small porch is the rectory. The newer one
story red brick attached on the right side was the
connecting walkway to the church next door. On the left
side of the refectory perpendicularly attached was the
kitchen for the refectory. This is where the German
nuns from down Chestnut near Roebling would come every
morning. I see that the incinerator is still standing.
I recall taking trash from the school to the
incinerator on numerous ocassions. In the rear of the
school building is a one story building where the
vehicles for parish use were stored. You can see
three of the bays in this picture and there were at
least three more. The school windows just above the
roofline of the refectory kitchen were those for the
third grade classroom of Mrs. DiLeo. The room above
third grade was the school lunchroom (just tables,
you brought your lunch from home). The windows
facing in the rear on the top floor of the school
was the fourth grade classroom, if I'm not mistaken.
Not seen in this photo but located across from the
garages was the nun's convent for the Franciscan
nuns who taught at Immaculate. On the far right
would have been a flight of steps that led to the
sacristy of the church. In the 40s, 50s and early
60s this place was abuzz with activity. When
Trenton Catholic closed down in 1962 the
population of this complex began to decline.