User:Vgorostiaga/Julia Morgan School for Girls

History
The orphanage was named Ming Quong because it means "radiant light." The land was donated in 1918 and the building opened in December of 1925. The construction of the orphanage costed $125,000.

The building was constructed with the help of Donaldina Cameron to alleviate the overcrowding of young inhabitants in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Aurelia Reinhardt showed public approval of the addition while she actively tried to petition that the orphanage not be constructed in hear that it would bring down the neighborhood and college's value. As such a row of pine trees was planted to hide the building from campus visitors.

In 1999 the orphanage was converted to an all-girls middle school under Julia Morgan's name.