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'''Lone Mountain College''' was a college acquired by the [[University of San Francisco]] in 1978. It was founded by the [[Religious of the Sacred Heart]] as '''Sacred Heart Academy''' in [[Menlo Park, California]] in 1898 and became '''College of the Sacred Heart''' in 1921. In the 1930s it moved to [[San Francisco, California]] and became '''San Francisco College for Women''', then changed its name again to Lone Mountain College in 1971 at which time the college began admitting men and became co-educational. <ref name='"Deal of a Lifetime"'>{{cite web|last=Bronson|first=Samantha|title="Deal of a Lifetime"|url=http://usf.usfca.edu/usfmagazine/fall09/media/lonemountain/f2_lonemtn_1.html|work=USF Magazine, University of San Francisco|publisher=USF Magazine, University of San Francisco|accessdate=Fall 2009}}</ref> The college was acquired by the [[University of San Francisco]] to become USF's '''Lone Mountain Campus''' in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/CaliforniaCC.htm | title = List of Colleges and Universities that have Closed, Merged, or Changed their Names | chapter = California | first = Ray | last = Brown | location = [[Fulton, Missouri]] | date = 2009-08-13 | accessdate = 2009-09-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/catalog/usf_facilities.html | title = University Owned and Leased Facilities | work = University of San Francisco General Catalog 2009 | publisher = [[University of San Francisco]] | location = [[San Francisco, California]] | date = 2009-08-26 | accessdate = 2009-09-28 }}</ref><ref name="[Home Movie: San Francisco College for Women]">{{cite web|title=[Home Movie: San Francisco College for Women]|url=http://archive.org/details/HM_San_Francisco_College_for_Women|publisher=Internet Archive Prelinger Connection|accessdate=ca 1943-1947}}</ref>
[[File:Lone Mountain Campus.jpg|thumbnail|Former San Francisco College for Women and Lone Mountain College and present day University of San Francisco Lone Mountain Campus]]
'''Lone Mountain College''' was a college acquired by the [[University of San Francisco]] (USF) in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tom|first=Marlene|date=2015-05-04|title=About USF - Who We Are - Our History|url=https://www.usfca.edu/about-usf/who-we-are/our-history|access-date=2020-06-03|website=University of San Francisco|language=en}}</ref>
 
== History ==
It was built and founded by the [[Religious of the Sacred Heart]] as '''Sacred Heart Academy''' in [[Menlo Park, California]], in 1898. The school became '''College of the Sacred Heart''' in 1921. In the 1930s, it moved to [[San Francisco, California]], and became '''San Francisco College for Women.'''<ref name="[Home Movie: San Francisco College for Women]">{{cite web|title=[Home Movie: San Francisco College for Women]|url=https://archive.org/details/HM_San_Francisco_College_for_Women|publisher=Internet Archive Prelinger Connection}}</ref> It was located near the [[Lone Mountain Cemetery]], which was in the process of removal. The school then changed its name again to Lone Mountain College, in 1969, at which time the College began admitting men and became co-educational. <ref name="Deal of a Lifetime">{{cite web |last1=Bronson |first1=Samantha |title=Deal of a Lifetime |url=http://usf.usfca.edu/usfmagazine/fall09/media/lonemountain/f2_lonemtn_1.html|work=USF Magazine, University of San Francisco|publisher=USF Magazine, University of San Francisco |accessdate=November 21, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223054547/http://usf.usfca.edu/usfmagazine/fall09/media/lonemountain/f2_lonemtn_1.html |archivedate=December 23, 2014}}</ref>
 
In 1978, the college was acquired by the [[University of San Francisco]], a private [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] university to become USF's '''Lone Mountain Campus'''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://collegehistorygarden.blogspot.com/2014/12/california-colleges-that-have-closed.html | title = California Colleges that have Closed, Merged, or Changed their Names | first = Ray C. | last = Brown | location = [[Fulton, Missouri]] | date = 2009-08-13 | accessdate = 2014-12-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/catalog/usf_facilities.html | title = University Owned and Leased Facilities | work = University of San Francisco General Catalog 2009 | publisher = [[University of San Francisco]] | location = [[San Francisco, California]] | date = 2009-08-26 | accessdate = 2009-09-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080908043537/http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/catalog/usf_facilities.html | archive-date = 2008-09-08 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 
==References==
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* http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/USF-s-Lone-Mountain-no-longer-a-place-apart-4978866.php
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