Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
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Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy was a private Catholic all girls' school in the city of Wheeling
in the U.S. state
of West Virginia
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The school building was built about 1865. The original structure is composed of three major parts connected by two recessed wings. The building is constructed of brick, on a limestone foundation, with a slate
covered gable roof. A two-storied brick porch, added about 1910, extends the entire width. The Fine Arts addition was built in 1906, the "laundry building" in 1908, and living quarters for the Sisters in 1972.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978. The school ceased operations on May 31, 2008with the nuns being transfered to Georgetown Visitation in Washington D.C. Wheeling Hospital announced they were purchasing the building on April 13, 2010. No plans were announced and several historic societies were looking into preservation efforts but nothing was ever solidified. Demolition plans were announced and finalized in November 2011. Several items left behind by the nuns were auctioned off and razing efforts commenced on November 7, 2011.
No plans have been announced for the site.}}
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
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History
It was founded in 1848 as the Wheeling Female Academy in downtown Wheeling and in 1865 moved to its present location and assumed its current name. While grades five through twelve were all female, Mount de Chantal's Montessori and Elementary schools were co-ed. They were members of the Ohio Valley Athletic ConferenceOhio Valley Athletic Conference
The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is a high school sports league in parts of southeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. The "OVAC" is the largest conference of its kind in the United States. Schools in the upper Ohio Valley supply over 12,000 athletes in various competitive athletic areas. ...
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The school building was built about 1865. The original structure is composed of three major parts connected by two recessed wings. The building is constructed of brick, on a limestone foundation, with a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
covered gable roof. A two-storied brick porch, added about 1910, extends the entire width. The Fine Arts addition was built in 1906, the "laundry building" in 1908, and living quarters for the Sisters in 1972.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1978. The school ceased operations on May 31, 2008with the nuns being transfered to Georgetown Visitation in Washington D.C. Wheeling Hospital announced they were purchasing the building on April 13, 2010. No plans were announced and several historic societies were looking into preservation efforts but nothing was ever solidified. Demolition plans were announced and finalized in November 2011. Several items left behind by the nuns were auctioned off and razing efforts commenced on November 7, 2011.
No plans have been announced for the site.}}
Notable Alumnae
- Carrie Watson FlemingCarrie Watson FlemingCarrie Watson Fleming was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia Aretas B. Fleming and served as that state's First Lady, 1890-1893. She was born April 29, 1844, at Fairmont, West Virginia, a daughter of coal pioneer James Otis Watson. She attended Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy at...
, First lady of West Virginia, 1890-1893 - Edna Hall Scott KumpEdna Hall Scott KumpEdna Hall Scott Kump was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia Herman G. Kump and served as that state's First Lady from 1933 to 1937. She was born April 18, 1887, at Elkins, West Virginia. She attended Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1907, she married...
, First lady of West Virginia, 1933-1937 - Judith Herndon, senator
See also
- List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia
- List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia