Hall of the Divine Child

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Hall of the Divine Child
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Hall of the Divine Child
810 West Elm Avenue

Monroe
,
Michigan 48162
Coordinates 41°55′18″N83°24′19″W / 41.92167°N 83.40528°W / 41.92167; -83.40528 (Hall of the Divine Child (Norman Towers)) Coordinates: 41°55′18″N83°24′19″W / 41.92167°N 83.40528°W / 41.92167; -83.40528 (Hall of the Divine Child (Norman Towers))
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Denomination Roman Catholic
Founded1918
Closed1980
Ownership Sisters, Servants of the IHM
Hall of the Divine Child
Built1918
ArchitectHenry J. Rills
NRHP reference No. 100000885 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 2017

The Hall of the Divine Child was a boarding school in Monroe, Michigan serving kindergarten through eighth grades. It was built in 1918 and closed in 1980; the building turned into the "Norman Towers". It was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]

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History

In 1915, Bishop John Samuel Foley asked the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to construct a boys boarding school. Construction began that year, but World War I delayed the opening until 1918. The school opened in January of that year with 26 pupils. Attendees were primarily boarding students, but some day students attended. [2]

Originally the school also housed grade 1-6 girls attending St Mary's Academy (now St. Mary Catholic Central High School). In 1932, the girls were moved to a new facility, and Hall of the Divine Child began offering high school classes. [2] In 1936, the school became a military academy, and a regulation drill uniform was adopted in 1938. In 1941, with a waiting list to enter, the high school curriculum was dropped and the school returned to K-8 classes. Enrollment peaked in the mid-1950s at about 350 students. However, in the following years, enrollment declined and operational costs increased. The school closed in 1980. [3]

In the early 1980s, the sisters sold the building to a limited partnership, which converted it to an apartment complex for older adults known as "Norman Towers." [3] However, the sisters repossessed the building in the late 1990s, and resold it in 2005. As of 2017, a developer plans to renovate the structure. [4]

Description

The Hall of the Divine Child is a four-and-a-half-story, red brick, institutional building with limestone trim. The facade is dominated by a central castellated tower, which has battlements and turrets. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (April 28, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/17/2017 through 4/21/2017, archived from the original on May 3, 2017, retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Featuring Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe" (PDF). Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Previously Sponsored Schools". Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Danielle Portteus (April 18, 2016), "Towers funding sought", Monroe News
  5. ↑ Eckert, Kathryn Bishop (1993). Buildings of Michigan. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 134. ISBN   978-0-19-509379-7.
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