Talk:Villa Marie Claire, New Jersey
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1900 summer home>>>>>>>>>>hospice 2007
[edit]The villa was built circa 1900 as the summer home of Thomas and Marie Claire Mahoney. In 1916, on her 50th birthday, Marie Claire obtained her husband's permission and turned the property over to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace the founding order of Holy Name Hospital. In the 1930s the Mahoney's made a substantial cash contribution, allowing for expansion. Over the years, the villa has been a summer camp for orphan boys, a novitiate, a Catholic elementary school, a home for unwed mothers, and a graduate school for nuns earning advanced degrees. In recent times, was a combination retirement home for nuns and residence for laypersons. The property over to Holy Name with the stipulation that it be converted into a hospice in 2007.