Couldn't find a thread on this, but a friend recommended this place and we hit it up on our way back from our road trip.
The college was a Jesuit seminary which opened in 1934. In February 1969, the school relocated to Berkeley and is one of only two Jesuit theological centers in the United States operated by the Society of Jesus.
The original college buildings were heavily damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989. That same year, the Jesuits sold the property for $12 million to Hong Kong Metro Realty, based in Madison, Wisconsin, and run by Dr. Jun Lee, nephew of Hong Kong casino billionaire Stanley Ho. Lee sold the land to Arlie Land and Cattle of Cottage Grove, Oregon in December 1997 for more than $17 million.
The building stands obviously vacant to this day, however, we noticed some equipment close to the road and wondered if they were going to tear it down due to deadly hazards on site. After we left, we found a sign that warned about hazardous materials in the building and I believe it to be toxic from what we found and could access. If you go, I highly recommend masks.
But it was a beautiful find and, to be honest, kind of eerie with all the paintings of angels and bible passages still found written on the walls from years ago. We did wonder if it had been an elementary school at one point after finding child sized chairs and signs that would be made for gets but we haven't found as much as we like on the place.
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