Academy of the Sacred Heart (c. 1918)

ID: 1725 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve ~ Date: c. 1918
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Academy of the Sacred Heart (c. 1918)

Students, teachers, and US Army soldiers pose in front of the school. It is believed that the soldiers pictured are from Camp MacArthur, the military base that was once located a short distance away from the academy.

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By Geoff Hunt
On the corner of Eighth Street and Washington Avenue once stood a Catholic school and convent that taught thousands of students during its years of operation from 1874 to 1946. The Academy of the Sacred Heart received its name partially because the…