Busse Library Digital Archive

- greene
- The Greene Mansion and Sacred Heart Convent, ca. 1900-1910.
- Sacred Heart Convent, Cedar Rapids, and the Greene Mansion.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- sacheart
- The Greene Mansion and Sacred Heart Academy.
- An image featuring the original Greene Mansion (home of Sacred Heart Convent and the Sisters of Mercy in Cedar Rapids) and Sacred Heart Academy.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 1876gr
- 1876 Sketch of the Greene Mansion and Mound Farm.
- Judge George Greene, member of the Iowa Supreme Court and president of several, Cedar Rapids organizations, purchased 900 acres in Linn County, Iowa and named the property "Mound Farm." He died in 1880, and his wife leased part of the property,...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- green1960
- An image of the Greene Mansion, 1960.
- The Greene Mansion, used as the convent for the Sisters of Mercy, required over a million dollars of renovation, to preserve its structure, by 1964. With the city of Cedar Rapids unwilling to fund the needed repairs and the Sisters unable to fund...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- heritagerm
- The Heritage Room, Sacred Heart Convent.
- The Heritage Room of Sacred Heart Convent retains an original, marble fireplace from the Greene Mansion, as well as other artifacts from that historical property.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- maryhen
- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey.
- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey served Mount Mercy College as president from 1961-1977, the first person solely selected to fill the role. While in office, Hennessey led the campus through monumental change -- the opening of the McAuley library and...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- regina2
- Regina Hall, the college's second dormitory.
- By the spring of 1964, there was an immediate need for additional, student housing. A campus master plan was constructed, and following the Sisters of Mercy moving to their new convent in March of that year, crews demolished the Greene Mansion,...
- Mount Mercy Photographs