Convent of Good Shepherd at 3801 Gravois, is a grim-faced fortress that houses love and understanding that has reclaimed thousands of St. Louis girls in the last 100 years.
"This picture was taken about 1897 was originally the House of Shepherd, but after the Cyclone of 1896 when the city hospital was destroyed it was used as temporary quarters for the hospital. this building is on 17th and Pine, it is from here that the Convent was moved to its present location on the Northwest corner of Gravois and Bamberger."
"The interior view of the Good Shepherd Convent chapel. Everywhere indoors there are potted plants depriving spotless dormitories, corridors and recreation halls of that grim institutional aspect."
