Mount St. Joseph Academy - West Hartford, CT - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

Mount St. Joseph Academy was a former Catholic school for girls operate by the Sisters of Mercy. The school closed due to declining enrollment in 1978. It is now an independent living, assisted living, and memory care facility owned and operated by Aviva, a British multinational insurance company.

The Colonial Revival style Mount St. Joseph Academy has a symmetrical design created by architect John J. Dwyer and built from 1905 to 1908. The building is a 250' long E shaped building with a third wing projecting to the west from the middle section. The central part has three levels and a projecting rounded entrance pavilion. The roof above the pavilion is supported by six Ionic columns and has an metal railing above. Along the front of the roof is the inscription:

Above the entrance pavilion roof is a pediment with an arched window in the center. Rising from the center of the building is an octagonal dome topped by an octagonal cupola with a tapered roof topped by a cross.

Seven bays on both sides of the entrance pavilion had rounded windows on the first and second levels and rectangular windows on the third level. At the roof there are four dormer on both sides of the entrance pavilion. At each end of the building there are four story high wings that project to the east.

Each wing has a three story high projection with large windows with rounded tops. The projection is flanked by windows with rounded tops at the first level and rectangular windows at the second, third and fourth levels. The front has a single dormer facing east.

The sides of the wings are eight bays deep with a three sided projection at the sixth bay. Windows with rounded tops are at the first level and rectangular windows at the second, third and fourth levels. There are seven dormers along the sides of the roof.

Mount St. Joseph Academy was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.