Convent of the Sisters of Saint Meissa

"I have a fairly specifc rental agreement. If they miss a payment, I'm within my rights to evict."

- Mr. Gold to Leroy

The Convent of the Sisters of St. Meissa is a Storybrooke location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the nineteenth episode of the first season.

Trivia
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On-screen Notes

 * There is a statue of the Virgin Mary outside the convent.
 * The convent is located near the Storybrooke Free Public Library.
 * The convent chapel is full of religious stained glass windows. Among the religious motifs are:
 * The biblical figure Martha
 * St. Margaret of Scotland - a Roman Catholic royal saint ("in loving memory of Helena Bodie Whitmore, 1897 - 1985")
 * Jesus Christ and the text "come unto me", an excerpt from the Gospel of Matthew 11:28 in the Bible
 * The convent is located at 2356 Mulberry Court. The phone number is 555-0166.
 * The same phone number is on a poster inside the library.
 * Two paintings of the Virgin Mary are inside the room where August recuperates.
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Production Notes

 * For exterior scenes, the Fairacres Mansion, a historic building in Burnaby which is also known as the Burnaby Art Gallery, doubles as the Storybrooke Convent. It is an estate house in the British Arts and Crafts style, and was built in 1911.
 * The mansion has also been featured in the Psych episode "Santa Barbarian Candidate" (in season 7), and in the Stargate SG-1 episode "The Ties That Bind" (season 9).
 * The scenes with the nuns in "Fall" were supposed to happen in the convent. However, in the actual episode, they were shot at Granny's Diner.
 * For the interior scenes in "Best Laid Plans", Cecil Green Park House in Vancouver and the OverLynn Mansion in Burnaby Heights double as the convent. Both are Arts & Crafts-styled mansion and were built in 1912 and 1909 respectively.

Appearances

 * The Convent of the Sisters of St. Meissa appears in a photograph in "Darkness on the Edge of Town".