Loretto Academy (Chicago)
| Loretto Academy | |
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_c_1910.jpeg) Loretto Academy, c. 1910 | |
| Address | |
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1447 E. 65th Street , United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°46′36.4″N 87°35′21.8″W / 41.776778°N 87.589389°W |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | August 1906 |
| Closed | 1972 |
| Authority | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| Oversight | Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Campus type | Urban |
Loretto Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Woodlawn-Chicago is a former Catholic high school for girls in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.[1]
History
[edit]The school was established by the Loreto Sisters and opened in August 1906.[1] The school admitted its first African-American students in 1949.[2] As Woodlawn's demographics changed in the 1950s, the school's did as well.[3] By 1960, it had only ten Euro-American students and by the early 1970s it had a completely African-American student body.[3][2] The school closed in 1972.[2] The building was sold to the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation and served as substance abuse treatment center called Entry House.[1][4][5] Entry House closed in 2012,[5] and the building was sold at a foreclosure auction on October 28, 2019.[6] It was included in Preservation Chicago's 7 Most Endangered list in 2019.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Loretto Academy / Institute of the Blessed Virgin", Preservation Chicago. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c Hoy, Suellen. "A Rallying Cry... and a Lament", Chicago Tribune. January 26, 1997. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ a b Hoy, Suellen M. (2002). "No Color Line at Loretto Academy: Catholic Sisters and African Americans on Chicago's East Side." Journal of Women's History. Vol. 14, No. 1. p. 8-33.
- ^ National Directory of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment and Prevention Programs. United States Department of Health and Human Services. 1994. p. 144. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "Employees Say 'Entry House' Closure is Retribution", NBC 5 Chicago. March 2, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ "Threatened: Loretto Academy Building to be Sold at Foreclosure Auction on October 28, 2019 (Chicago 7 2019)", Preservation Chicago. Retrieved November 3, 2019.