D'Youville Academy

D'Youville Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	100 Cornelia St., Plattsburgh, New York
Coordinates:	44°41′58″N 73°27′28″W / 44.69944°N 73.45778°W / 44.69944; -73.45778Coordinates: 44°41′58″N 73°27′28″W / 44.69944°N 73.45778°W / 44.69944; -73.45778
Area:	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built:	ca. 1878
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Plattsburgh City MRA
NRHP Reference#:	82001103[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 12, 1982

D'Youville Academy is a historic school building and nunnery located at Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York. It was built about 1878 and is a 2 ¹⁄₂-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 in 1860 and operated by the Gray Nuns of Ottawa, founded by Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771).^[2] The Academy has since been folded into the Seton Catholic Central High School.

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ C.D. DeRoche and Russell Bordeau (September 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: D'Youville Academy". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1267. Retrieved 2010-06-24.