Lone Mountain College was a college acquired by the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

(USF) in 1978.

History

It was built and founded by the

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as Sacred Heart Academy in

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, in 1898. The school became College of the Sacred Heart in 1921. In the 1930s, it moved to

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, and became San Francisco College for Women.ome Movie: San Francisco College for Women> It was located near the Lone Mountain Cemetery, which was in the process of removal. The school then changed its name again to Lone Mountain College, in 1969, at which time the College began admitting men and became co-educational. In 1978, the college was acquired by the

, a private Jesuit university to become USF's Lone Mountain Campus.

References

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