In 1888 , they purchased a larger building at Franklin and Ellis for $ 10 in gold coin . They stayed there until the 1906 Earthquake when the building was heavily damaged . Renting another Victorian at the corner of Washington and Octavia , they were one of the first institutions to reopen after the earthquake . In 1909 , the school purchased the Van Arsdale house on Jackson Street where the school remained until 1939 . In June 1939 , Maud Lee Flood donated the home she had shared with her deceased husband at 2222 Broadway . During WWII , boys were allowed to join the lower school . By 1948 they needed more room to expand , they courted a deal to purchase the Grant house for $ 150,000 , well below market value . The lower school , grades 1-8 split to the new location , while the upper school remained at the Flood Mansion . But what to do with the boys ? In 1956 , they purchased the Hammond House for $ 165,000 to open Stuart Hall for Boys
1906 Earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California)