Santa Clara University (Calif.); Students; Bathrooms;
A lithograph of the interior of the student washroom of the Ship. There are four rows of sinks and mirrors. One student is cleaning his shoe, two are washing up, and two are hanging their hats and coats. The Ship served as a dormitory on the...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Mission churches;
The interior of the Mission Church as it appeared after several remodels.The altar, reredos and sanctuary-ceiling painting date from the Mission period.
The 130-bed senior dormitory was located on the first floor of the Ship. The term "senior" refers to the collegiate students who lived there as opposed to the high school students who slept elsewhere.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Dining rooms; Students;
Interior of dining hall with students eating at tables. The Students' Dining Room was created during the Civil War when Villiger extended the first floor of the Adobe Lodge northward toward the sacristy of the Mission Church.
Santa Clara University (Calif.);Debates; Student organizations
Interior of Debating Hall. The Philalethic Debating Society, formed in 1856, was the first collegiate debating society modeled after the national legislature in Washington.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Classrooms; Education; Debates; adobe buildings
Interior of Debating Hall and early classroom located in the upper story of the California Hotel. The adobe structure was former mission building and roadside inn, taht was converted by John Nobili, S.J. into one of Santa Clara's first classrooms.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Altarpieces; Altars; Mission churches; Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927; Mission Santa Clara, Church interior;
Sanctuary of Mission Santa Clara with Statue of St. Clare in center.