It was located on Richmond Street North, just south of Windermere Road on the hill overlooking the Thames River.

As of 2011, the building and its grounds are the official home of Windermere On The Mount, a retirement residence operated by Revera.

Under its new name, Mount St. Joseph Mother House, the building and property served as both an orphanage and a convent for the sisters.

[8][9] Chi Omega, a U.S. based sorority, chartered its Phi chapter at Hellmuth Ladies' College in 1899.

Its one-year presence at Hellmuth stands as Chi Omega's only international expansion in the sorority's one hundred and thirty-nine years of existence.