Worked hereProperty bought in 1899Hudson Heights
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Mother Cabrini bought the land for what is now her shrine on Fort Washington Avenue in 1899.
Fort Washington Avenue
The St. Frances Cabrini Shrine’s website says the shrine is built on land Mother Cabrini purchased herself in 1899, and describes it as the only U.S. shrine where her major relics can be venerated. Her feast day is November 13. The shrine has a chapel, a museum and exhibits on her work with immigrants and orphans.