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

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1860

pg 407       and on the opposite side of St. Mary's lake, is the house of the 
             working Brothers, and around this house are grouped their barn, 
             stables, cattle-sheds, etc. all on a scale proportioned to the 
             extent of their domain and of their number.  Farther on , on the 
             public road, are their workshops, and the house for their 
             apprentices.  Of the latter the number is forty, as follows: five 
             with tailor, eight with the shoemaker, five with the carpenter, 
             two with the blacksmith, and the other twenty divided up on the 
             farm, at the limekilns, and at the brickyard.  Without going out 
             of their own premises, the Brothers can here advantageously employ 
             any number of workmen.
                  The value of Notre Dame in Dollars and Cents can hardly be 
             set down; but if it were necessary to make a rough estimate, it 
             could hardly be less than $75,000.