Site History
Mother Seton first came to Maryland in 1808 and opened a school next to the chapel of St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. A local seminarian offered her $10,000 to begin a new school to teach poor children. A farm was purchased outside of Emmitsburg, and in June 1809 Mother Seton established the Sisters of Charity community.
A local structure informally known as the Stone House, built in 1750, served as the first headquarters for the community. In 1810, she established the first free U.S. Roman Catholic school for girls. The school initially met in the one-room building called the White House, which was built in 1810. After her death, Mother Seton was buried at a cemetery in Emmitsburg that she once dubbed "God's Little Acre."
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