Name/Title
Sacred Heart NovitiateEntry/Object ID
NOV003Description
This postcard view of the Novitiate was produced before 1906. In the 1880s, the Jesuits chose the hills behind Los Gatos as an excellent site for establishment of a training center for novices. In 1886 they purchased the 40-acre ranch of Harvey Wilcox, already planted with orange trees and a small four-acre vineyard. The original winery was a wooden frame building constructed in 1888, followed by a large cement structure in 1893. By the mid-1890s the Novitiate was producing a variety of table and dessert wines from many grape varieties. NOV003Subject
NovitiateCollection
Los Gatos Library, Novitiate CollectionDimensions
Height
8.46 cmWidth
13.7 cmCopyright
Notes
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