History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

History of Loretto Academy

Loretto College and Academy Postcard

A registration postcard from Loretto College and Academy including Praxedes Hall, Bennett Hall and Library.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Sister Mary E. (Buffy) Boesen, "Celebrating Sisters of Loretto," El Paso Times, Jan 31, 2012 p. B1 & B4.

Students standing next to a Loretto Academy billboard in 1923

Girls standing next to a billboard pointing to where the newly built Loretto Academy campus stood in 1923.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month. This school will be 100 years old pretty soon. At the beginning it had boarders and day students.

Dedication of Loretto Academy in 1924

Bishop Schuler, S.J. who endorsed Loretto College and Academy sitting among the trustees and sisters at the dedication of the building in 1924.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Photo taken in historic Austin Terrace district of El Paso, TX in 1924.

Loretto Academy Chapel Dedication in 1924

Some of the first 185 students whom were attending Loretto Academy standing in front of the newly dedicated chapel in 1924.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month annually in the USA. Thousands of female students and their families would attend services in this chapel.

Loretto Academy Class of 1924

First graduating class of Loretto Academy in 1924 - El Paso, Texas. Catherine Crowley, Mary Gallagher, Esther Goodman, Agnes Mc Intyre

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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The archives of Loretto Academy in ElPaso, TX. has a copy of memory book of Esther Goodman. Agnes Mc Intyre became a member of the Sisters of Loretto.

Yay Loretto! from class of 2011

Loretto Academy Students in 1937

Girls attending Loretto Academy posing for a picture in the courtyard in 1937.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Loretto Academy Students with a trophy in the 1930's

Loretto Academy students posing next to their trophy in the 1930's.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Photo taken in El Paso, TX. March is Women's History Month.

Loretto Academy Students Standing Next to the Chapel Steps

Loretto Academy students and a Nun standing next to the Chapel steps in the 1930's. Location El Paso, Texas.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month annually in the USA.

Loretto Academy Students standing next to Mother Praxedes

Loretto Academy students standing next to the school founder Mother Praxedes near the Chapel steps in the 1930's

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month annually in USA. More info on Mother Praxedes available on internet and also article by Patricia Jean Manion, Ph.D. "Mother Praxedes Carty,a Remarkable Life" El Paso County Historical Society , Password, Vol 47, No.1, Spring 2002. p. 9-16.

Loretto Academy girls parading on their way to Mass in 1934

Loretto Academy students going through a parade to get to their Field Mass at El Paso High School in 1934.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Loretto Academy Field Mass 1934

Loretto Academy Students at a Field Mass held at El Paso High School in 1934.

Area: Central / El Paso High

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Loretto Academy students playing in Genoveva Court playground

Loretto Academy girls playing in the Genoveva Court Playground where Nazareth Hall now stands in 1937.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Graduation Class - 1930 - Loretto Academy

Graduation Class - 1930 - Loretto Academy - Chapel Steps

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Loretto Academy Diploma - 1932

Loretto Academy Diploma - 1932 - for Hazel Lee Johnson, signed by Mother Praxedes Carty.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month annually in USA. Mother Praxedes Carty info available on internet.

Loretto Academy - Class Of 1950

Class of 1950 - Loretto Academy - El Paso, Texas

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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March is Women's History Month.

Loretto Academy

Construction of fence around the swimming pool- 1958.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Conrad Hilton

Portrait of Conrad Hilton 1970 - 1979. The Plaza Hotel, located at 106 Mills Avenue in downtown El Paso, is a fine example of the modernistic Art Deco style of the 1920s. It was designed by Henry C. Trost (1860-1933) for the Hilton Hotel chain and served as one of the city’s most luxurious hotels. In 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was designed and constructed for Conrad N. Hilton (1887-1979) who created one of the first international hotel chains. He was a native of San Antonio, New Mexico who entered the hotel business in the 1910s. He acquired and renovated prominent old hotels, built a series of new hotels in the west, and eventually expanded his empire around the world. During the 1920s, Hilton concentrated on building hotels in Texas. El Paso’s Hilton Hotel, the eighth hotel in the Hilton chain, was the first high rise, the largest and the most elaborate. Hilton went on to develop 188 hotels in 38 U.S. cities and 54 cities abroad. http://epcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=346448&sid=3176965

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Trish Long, Tales from the Morgue, El Paso Times, "1930: Conrad Hilton's youthful dream realized, Feb. 14, 2016, p. 7f.

Conrad Hilton Death Notice

Conrad Hilton's Death Notice - 1979. The Plaza Hotel, located at 106 Mills Avenue in downtown El Paso, is a fine example of the modernistic Art Deco style of the 1920s. It was designed by Henry C. Trost (1860-1933) for the Hilton Hotel chain and served as one of the city’s most luxurious hotels. In 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was designed and constructed for Conrad N. Hilton (1887-1979) who created one of the first international hotel chains. He was a native of San Antonio, New Mexico who entered the hotel business in the 1910s. He acquired and renovated prominent old hotels, built a series of new hotels in the west, and eventually expanded his empire around the world. During the 1920s, Hilton concentrated on building hotels in Texas. El Paso’s Hilton Hotel, the eighth hotel in the Hilton chain, was the first high rise, the largest and the most elaborate. Hilton went on to develop 188 hotels in 38 U.S. cities and 54 cities abroad. http://epcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=346448&sid=3176965

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Conrad Hilton - Sam Young

Conrad Hilton and Sam Young at Dedication of their building - Hilton - Young Hall. Hilton-Young Hall was added to Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas in the early 1960's.

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Sam Young Sr. was co-founder of the El Paso National Bank in El Paso, TX. It was started in 1925. His son Sam Young Jr. graduated from Stanford University in 1951 and became president of the bank in 1975. Both father and son were prominent civic leaders.

"According to program " Blessing and Dedication of Hilton-Young Hall" The formal opening of the facility occurred Ap 28, 1957 at 3 PM. Bishop Sydney M. Metzger blessed the facility. Sister Mary Francetta S.L. gave the welcome, Mrs. Charles H. Foster presented C. Hilton and bank president Sam Young souvenir keys, Both men gave greetings to the assembled audience. The bishop gave a dedicatory address. A reception followed in newly built cafeteria Guadalupe Hall." - Eva Ross

Hilton-Young Hall was added to Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas in the early 1960.s

Class of 1953 - Loretto Academy

Class of 1953 - Loretto Academy

Area: Central / Austin Terrace

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Article Vivian Powers Doremus, "Loretto principals, classmates memorable," El Paso Times, Oct. 22,2021

love those hats!!

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