The abandoned Art Deco convent was built in 1930 to house an expanding religious complex. It was used to house the nuns, or “sisters” of the community under monastic vows and practices. The nuns all lived inside the convent on each wing of the building, with the chapel located in the center of the building. The entire convent building was built in an extraordinary Art Deco design with nickel-plated fixtures, brass trimmings, wrought-iron hard rails, marble columns, and granite details throughout. By 1990, the abandoned Art Deco convent was closed due to a local merge of other religious complexes in the area. It has sat vacant ever since. Security measures and actual security guards have helped keep the abandoned Art Deco convent from getting ransacked and destroyed by vandals.
