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Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Ground Breaking with Sister Marie Teresa
Sister Marie Teresa ceremoniously digging the first hole at the site of the future Notre Dame High School campus.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Auditorium
A view of Notre Dame High School's auditorium and gymnasium. The space was used for plays, recitals, dances, and sports.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Chapel
Students at prayer in the school chapel.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Convent
The convent addition to the high school built from 1962-1963. The Sisters who staffed the school originally used some of its rooms as their convent, but as the student body grew, and subsequently the number of Sisters required to teach them, more…
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Front Entrance, 1963
The front entrance of Notre Dame High School after the 1963 construction of a new wing to the school and an addition to be used as the Sisters convent.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, North Wing Ground Breaking Ceremony
Sister Ellen St John, Provincial, makes the ceremonial first dig at the site for the north wing addition to the high school.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Future Addition Site
The grounds and property soon to be converted into the new North Wing at the high school and the Sisters' convent.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Chapel Interior
The interior of the renovated chapel at the Notre Dame High School in Chicago.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Excellence Banner
The US flag and the banner signifying excellence in private education. The school was named an Exemplary Private School by the US Department of Education in 1985.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Library
A view of Sisters reading in and using the school library.
Notre Dame High School - Chicago, Stained Glass Window
A black and white image of the stained glass window of Mary. The window currently resides in the chapel at the Mount Notre Dame convent in Cincinnati.
K Street Academy of Notre Dame Construction
The construction of the new Academy of Notre Dame building on the corner of K Street and North Capitol. The school was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in 1920 by Cardinal Gibbons.
K Street Buildings
A photo of the buildings on K Street with identifying notations. The convent on the left (corner of K Street and North Capitol) was renovated in 1908 by Sister Superior Mary Appolonia. The grotto in the center of the courtyard and the school on the…
K Street Convent and School
A side view of the K Street Convent. The image of the convent is of the 1908 renovation completed by Sister Superior Mary Appolonia. The original building was build by the women of the Saint Aloysius Relief Society and was intended to be both a…
K Street Academy of Notre Dame, Myrtle St
The Academy of Notre Dame on Myrtle St and North Capitol. The Academy was built in 1876 by the Jesuits at St Aloysius church across the street. It replaced the Industrial School, established in 1873, that the Sisters taught at to educate the young…
K Street Convent and Grotto
The grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the courtyard of the Convent at K Street. Before the attached school was torn down in 1923, the central building housed the Sisters on the first two floors, and the top floor contained music rooms.
K Street Academy of Notre Dame 1922 Graduates
The 1922 graduates of the Academy of Notre Dame at the new school site across from the convent.
St Joseph Academy - Columbus, Gardens
A view of the convent, academy, and garden at the Rich Street site. Sister Louisa, one of the early Sisters in Columbus, was a talented gardener and was often found in her wooden shoes tending to the convent garden when the Sisters lived on Eighth…
Rich Street Property, c1963
An aerial view of the property at the Rich Street site around 1963. The original convent was built in 1863, with a chapel on the second floor and a cellar. In 1875, the Sisters built St Joseph Academy. In 1880, a new chapel was built, which also…
St Joseph Academy - Columbus, Sketch
A sketch of the Rich Street convent and the original St Joseph Academy. The Academy was built in 1875, when the tuition for higher grades was $8 per quarter and for lower grades $7 per quarter.