Fr Patten's Photograph Album
the building of the Holy House 1931
page 1 of 4
pages 2 3 4
The numbers given here are as written by Fr Patten. Towards the end of his album there are
no captions. Reference key is: page number and photograph letter:Fr Patten's number (when
used). His captions usually include compass points: the main door is the WEST front. The
‘temporary’ image of Our Lady of Paris above the West front can be seen in several pictures.
The photographs are usually of the standard size at the time - 4x2.5 inches (10.5x6 cms).
They have deteriorated a great deal - through age, the glue with which they were fixed and
some obvious attempts at removal. Some of them have small strips missing from their edges.
As building progresses, the photographs capture some of the excitement that Fr Patten must
have felt as he saw his vision turn to reality.
1a [no caption: the
well]
1c [Fr Patten: no
caption]
1b [no caption: the
well]
1d [no caption:
the men who found the well]
2a:1 Looking South East
Saturday June 27th 1931
2c:3 East End looking North West
Saturday June 27th 1931
3b:6 West entrance looking SE
Friday July 3rd
4a:9 NW side looking SE
Saturday July 11th
6a:17 West entrance looking East
Saturday July 18th
6d:20 Interior showing damp course of
Shrine looking East Saturday July 18th
6b:18 Over well looking East
Saturday July 18th
7a [ no caption]
6f:22 Interior from SW chapel looking
NE. Base of column in foreground
6e:21 Interior showing damp course
looking West Saturday July 18th
7d [no caption]
7c [no caption; a glossy card gving
artist’s impression of the finished
building]
7b [no caption]
9a:23 Looking East from West end
Monday July 27th
11b:32 Looking over well to East
Friday July 31st
11e:35 From SW Chapel looking N East
Friday July 31st
13c:41 Over Well to N East
Wednesday August 5th
14a:44 From Scaffolding NE looking SW
Saturday August 8th
2b:2 West entrance looking East
Saturday June 27th 1931
2d:4 East End looking West
Saturday June 27th 1931
3a:5 North side looking South East
Friday July 3rd
3c:17 East end looking West
Friday July 3rd
3d:8 East end looking due West
Friday July 3rd
4b:10 East end looking SW
Saturday July 11th
4c:11 East end looking due West
Saturday July 11th
5a:12 East end looking SW
Thursday July 16th
5b:13 West end looking East
Thursday July 16th
5c:14 North East looking through
Church to South
Thursday July 16th
5e:16 East end looking due West
Thursday July 16th
5d:15 East end looking West
Thursday July 16th
8a [no caption]
7e [no caption]
8b [no caption]
8c [no caption]
8d [no caption]
8e [no caption]
9b:24 Looking to SE
Monday July 27th
9c:25 North side looking East
Monday July 27th
9d:26 West end looking East
Monday July 27th
10b:28 Looking over Well, East
Wednesday July 19th
10a:27 West Entrance looking East
Wednesday July 19th
10d:30 Looking over well SE
Wednesday July 19th
10c:29 From SW Chapel looking NE. Note
base of column. Wednesday July 19th
11a:31 West Entrance looking East
Friday July 31st
11c:33 West end looking East
Friday July 31st
11d:34 East end looking due West
Friday July 31st
12a:36 From Scaffold SW looking NE
Saturday August 1st
12c:38 Through the South Door
to North Door
Saturday August 1st
13a:39 West End looking East
Wednesday August 5th
13b:40 West End looking East
Wednesday August 5th
13d:42 From N Ambulatory looking
between Holy House and Well Wednesday
August 5th
13e:43 From NW Chapel, S East
Wednesday August 5th
14c:46 Looking towards East
over Well
Saturday August 8th
14b:45 SE looking SW
Saturday August 8th
15a:49 North Ambulatory
looking West
Wednesday August 12th
14e:48 North Ambulatory
towards West
Saturday August 8th
14d:47 Shrine Well from
West Entrance
Saturday August 8th
15d:52 From S Ambulatory
towards W Chapel
Wednesday August 12th
15c:51 From below the Bridge
Wednesday August 12th
15b:50 South Ambulatory
looking West
Wednesday August 12th
6c:19 North corner looking SW
Saturday July 18th
12b:37 Over Well up
N Ambulatory
Saturday August 1st