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Originally Posted by HenryHuntington
This is Seminary stop, named for Dominguez Seminary (out of the picture to the right) in Compton. We're looking north on the Long Beach line toward what today would be the Artesia (SR 91) Freeway. Alameda St. is a bit further east.
Originally posted by ER
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This view is looking south towards San Pedro.
The railroad bridge is at the lower right. The Seminary Stop shelter is just out of the picture at the lower right.
The Dominguez Adobe is at the top....the Claretian Seminary is opposite it.
I've been inside all of these buildings. The chapel is in the center, dorms and classrooms are at each flanking end of the Seminary building. .
Water&Power
Dr. Gregorio Del Amo is flanked by Claretian priests at the 1927 opening of the Dominguez Memorial Seminary in 1927.
(Photo: Del Amo Estate Company)
Seminary chapel
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Historical notes:
Upon Manuel’s death in 1882, and the passing of his wife one year later, the Rancho lands were partitioned among his six surviving children, all daughters. Three of the married daughters continued the Dominguez legacy through the Carson, Del Amo and Watson families.
All of the daughters made major donations to the construction of St. Vibiana’s, the former Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles. In 1922, the two remaining daughters, Susana Del Amo and Reyes Dominguez, deeded seventeen acres adjacent to the family home to the Claretian Missionaries. In 1924, the Claretian Missionaries began using the adobe home as a graduate school for Claretians and later as a seminary. In recognition of this contribution to the Claretians, special arrangements were made to allow Susana and Gregorio Del Amo to be buried in a crypt beneath the altar of the chapel located in the modern day Claretian retirement home.