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D'Youville Academy
Location: 100 Cornelia St., Plattsburgh, New York Coordinates: 44°41′58″N 73°27′28″W / 44.69944°N 73.45778°WCoordinates: 44°41′58″N 73°27′28″W / 44.69944°N 73.45778°W 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:- Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Buildings and structures in Clinton County, New York
- Adirondack Mountains, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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