Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1855

pg 271            In 1854 F. Sorin had been seriously thinking of transferring 
             thither the academy and the novitiate from Bertrand.  A house and 
             a very convenient location had been offered cheap; the purchase 
             was made and the house fitted up as a school.  But the prejudices 
             of the inhabitants, which, it was hoped, would be broken down in 
             time, remained the same, and in 1855 it was evident that Mishawaka 
             did not present those advantages that were desirable before going 
             deeper into expenses.
                  The Rush property having been secured at this time, all 
             thoughts of a permanent settlement for the Sisters were centred on 
             this place, as has been already mentioned.  In the month of May 
             the Sisters' house at Mishawaka was placed in charge of a 
             contractor to be removed to the Rush property, one mile west of 
             Notre Dame.
                  However, the Mishawaka school was not destroyed, but simply 
             transferred to another house less spacious but large enough, which 
             had served as the priest's residence up to that time.  Three 
             Sisters took up their abode there after the general retreat of