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P6211

Item Name

Image

Title

St. Mary's Academy / Académie Sainte-Marie

Title (Fre)

Académie Sainte-Marie

Description

Black and white photograph of the original St. Mary's Academy on the corner of Goyeau & London (now University) Streets; the building is a square brick building, two storeys high with two chimneys and rectangular windows; there are trees in front of the building and two unpaved streets are visible in front of and beside the school; houses are visible behind the building.

History

St. Mary's Academy was established in Windsor to provide for girls an education and training such as Assumption College provided for boys. In 1864, the Most Reverend Pierre Adolphe Pinsonneault sent a request to the Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, for four Sisters to conduct a girls' school in Windsor. The Sisters came so promptly that they arrived before provision had been made for their accommodation. Mrs. Eliza Salter gave up her house to the Sisters until their small brick house on Goyeau Street was ready. This, however, was quite inadequate. Through the generosity of the Vital Ouellette family a site was obtained on the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Park Street, where a suitable building was erected in 1865 - 1866. The "Old" St. Mary's was demolished in 1929 to make way for the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel exit. It was relocated to Academy Drive in South Windsor. Called the "New" St. Mary's Academy, this building was designed by Viau and Venne in the Collegiate Gothic Revival Style and opened in 1929. The building was sold to a major Windsor developer and it was dynamited in 1977 to make way for a new subdivision.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Bicycles & tricycles / Bicyclettes & tricycles

Buildings / Immeubles

Education / Éducation

Educational facilities / Services pour l'éducation

Goyeau St. / Rue Goyeau

London St. / Rue London

Religious education / Éducation religieuse

Schools / Écoles

St. Mary's Academy / Académie Sainte-Marie

Traffic Engineering Department / Ingénierie et gestion du trafic routier

Trees / Arbres

University Ave. / Avenue University