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According to Sister M. Jerome McHale's book, On the Wing, construction for St. Mary's Convent, Mount Mercy began in 1906.

The sisters moved in on February 10, 1909.

The only other building on the campus at the time was a chateau-style building on " the green " purchased in 1894 from the Ursuline Sisters.

It housed Our Lady of Mercy Academy.

When the chateau burned down in 1923, classes were held on the first and third floors of St. Mary's Convent until Tiernan Hall could be built.

In 1929, Mount Mercy College started using the parlors of the convent as classrooms.

Today, the Convent of Mercy, as it is known, is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark and motherhouse for nearly 150 Sisters of Mercy.