In the past fifty years, Wickenden Street has shifted from being crowded with street vendors and family homes, to being filled with college students and restaurants. For some, the street of their youth is almost unrecognizable.

Today the site of a Shell gas station, this was once the location of Holy Rosary’s convent. On Saturday mornings in the summertime, Fox Point girls would attend embroidery and Portuguese lessons taught by the Catholic sisters.

Sheldon Street Congregational Church has served as a spiritual and community center for generations of Cape Verdean families. Along with Holy Rosary and St. Joseph’s Churches, Sheldon Street serves as a cornerstone of religious life in Fox Point.