Ursuline Academy - Arcadia, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 35.015 W 090° 37.750
15S E 709339 N 4162256
Former Catholic girls school located in Arcadia, Missouri
Waymark Code: WM1PKM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2007
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The following is an excerpt from Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State,
1941 in the Tour 13 Arcadia section:
The Ursuline Academy, southern part of town, is a Roman Catholic school
for girls. Established as a high school by Reverend J.C. Berryman of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1849, it was reorganized in 1870 as
the Arcadia Seminary. In 1871 it was transferred to Ursuline Sisters
The Ursuline Academy closed in 1971 with a few Ursuline sisters operating a
pre-school until 1988 when it closed also. The complex is now privately
owned with many of the buildings being converted antique and craft shops and a
bed and breakfast. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.