D'Youville Academy

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D'Youville Academy
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Location100 Cornelia St., Plattsburgh, New York
Coordinates 44°41′58″N73°27′28″W / 44.69944°N 73.45778°W / 44.69944; -73.45778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtca. 1878
MPS Plattsburgh City MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001103 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1982

D'Youville Academy is a historic school building and nunnery in Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York. It was built about 1878 and is a 2+12-story, cruciform plan brick structure on a raised stone foundation. The facade features a rounded 2-story bay, a five-gable roof dormer, and Mansard roof. The Academy was founded about 1878 and operated by the Grey Nuns, founded by Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771). [2] The Academy has since been folded into the Seton Catholic Central High School, and the building has since been converted into apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-03-01.Note: This includes C.D. DeRoche and Russell Bordeau (September 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: D'Youville Academy" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01.