Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart history

The Presentation Sisters arrived in Fargo from Ireland on July 22, 1882, and opened a school four days later.

On opening day, in 1889, 150 students came through the doors.

Sacred Heart Academy opened on September 8, 1897 on north Broadway.

In 1898, Sacred Heart Academy opened a new school building on Washington Street, but within 30 years it had outgrown these quarters.

In 1906 the same architects added two wings to the front of the building.

The new campus consisted of a Tudor Mansion, built in 1908, and a red brick building known as the School House.

In the 1913 expansion, the structure grew vertically rather than horizontally.

On May 11, 1930, the new Sacred Heart Academy opened with 230 students and 14 faculty members.

Sacred Heart Academy was founded on September 14th, 1931 and started with 325 students, nine Sisters of the Holy Names, two secular teachers, and Fr.

Sacred Heart Academy was founded on September 9, 1946, by Sr.

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In 1982, the Marie Cornelia Dooley Building was built to house classrooms, laboratories, a multimedia center and a gymnasium.

A new three-story wing on the corner of Jena and Carondelet Streets opened in the fall of 1998 for Middle School (grades 5-8) and Upper School (Grades 9-12) students.

In 2005, the new Mater Campus was opened on the corner of St Charles and Napoleon avenues.

In the fall of 2011, Sacred Heart opened its new Arts and Athletics Complex.

The Academy celebrated its 125th anniversary on the historic St Charles Avenue in 2015 and continues to stand as a registered New Orleans landmark in uptown New Orleans.