Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Bxshop Rosatm and the adusor cf tht communmty urged the Slsters to select a proper sxte and bulld a modern structure spaclous enough to accommodate the lncreasmg enrollment Money was ofTered as '1 loan to cover the erectxon of a four story buck ljllllfllilg one hundred fifty by thlrty two feet m slze wxth a frame Vklllg one hundred ten feet long 'md two stones hlgh An 1rch1tett and bullder was engaged to come VVest from Baltxmore to undertake the work of constructxon Smce no br1cks were to be had west of the Alleghames a kmln had to be set up and workmen employ ed to make the netes sary bmldmg materlal 'Xll tlns entalled dellys but finally the walls began to rxse I'he frame wmg was completed long before the mam buxldmq was ready for occupancy but ex tendmg ln the dmrettxon of the r1y er and bullt ot new boards It was damp and told and far less comfortable than the old hotel Both puplls and S1 teas stiff red verv stI'l0llSlN durmg the wxnter of 1836-ISS7 for nt yy as unusually cold and the hlh wmds found entrance between the unseasoned boards of the new buxldmg How eagerly all looked forward to the day when they could moye mto the hne buck academy buxld mg that was growmng slowly but surely to completmn' Xleanwhxlt cley er Brother carpenter from Perryyxlle and a carpenter m the employ ot brandpa Nlenard w ere buslly fashlonmg more ol the quamt four poster beds the small square yvashstands the str ught backed benches sturdy school desks and long refectoly tables all of well seasoned walnut that are stmll the prmde of the mstntutron mn the year of 1ts cen tennlal Xfter many months the school took Joy ous PONSCSSIOII of ns new quarters Phe 'ylcnard Academy named for thexr kmd patron had tost thxrty thousand dollirs a prnncely sum ln those early day s lhe records ot the Illmols and the XIISSOUYI Hrstorxcll bouenes declare that It was the finest and most completely equipped btnldmg ot 1ts kmd m the NN est ' bn: ' .' S I ' ' ' r C - -. . Y ' . V- y I . 1 ' ' . . ' . N . V n l x C . ' ' ,. ,, X t , f . 4 . If., - f . ., s 1 '- ' . 4 . , , Q H I K ti. x . . F ', ' C' f' ' . . , . . ' X , x lu . - 1 . 1 y v v - n r . ' v 1. w y v 1 v ' L .' ' l' ' .' ', ' S r . V . M, .. Y . V . . . A . - N i 1 s , - I ' s, ., , -. , , I , , , , . , ' - 1 , . . . . , . . ' . l , , J , ' . , - ' , '. ' ' , .. A . 1 , r v - . I ' 1 I v l v ' ' 5 1 , .Y . 1 , 5. . . Y U 1 4 - X ' . .. 4 '. . 7 Q , I .

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