Providence Mt. St. Vincent, a landmark in many ways for West Seattle celebrated its centennial on April 26 with a re-dedication ceremony.

A time capsule was opened and proclamations from both King County and the City of Seattle were read. In attendance were many sisters of Providence and members of descendant families of founding benefactors and contractors.

In attendance were:

• The Arthur G. Dunn family
• The John T. Heffernan family
• The T.C. McHugh family
• The RGH Nordhoff family
• The A.W. Quist family – who was also the primary building contractor.
• Members of the Women’s Auxiliary, who launched the first Providence fundraising brick campaign – and have been a continuous supporting group ever since.
• The Frank and Ida Carroll family – Frank was the Health Commissioner at the time and Ida chaired the founding Women’s Auxiliary.
• Nathan Marshall from Nucor Steel.  Nucor provided all the steel for these buildings (over 1 million pounds!) – and he helped open the time capsule.

The time capsule proved to be both interesting and a little stubborn. Made of copper, it had been put in a wall in 1924, but then opened again in 1965 following the April 29 earth that year. More items were added and items were put in plastic bags and the capsule re-sealed.

While the archivist  hasn't gone fully through the time capsule, what they see so far:

Photos and backgrounds on the Sisters and the also the benefactor families. A rosary, a 1923 Silver Dollar and many religious medals. A book, The Gospel according to Peanuts, and some newspapers from the time.

Here is a link to their history brochure