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Main building, Our Lady of Angels Academy, Clinton, Iowa

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The large "original" building, flanked by two smaller ones, comprised the campus of the Lyons Female College, a Presbyterian school dedicated and opened in September 15, 1858; it was the first institution of higher learning in Clinton County. The school was sold in September 1872 to the Sisters of Charity, a Catholic order in Clinton. Our Lady of Angels Academy, a boarding school was dedicated on October 2, 1872. In 1966, the school was closed. The buildings were demolished in the 1980s. It was located at 407 22nd Avenue North, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa.
Title Main building, Our Lady of Angels Academy, Clinton, Iowa
Alternative TitleLyons Girl's Seminary
Alternative TitleLyons Female College
Index Date 1935
Publisher Artvue Post Card Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Artvue real photo print, divided back.
citation/reference An Architectural Heritage (http://www.mikekearney.org/)
Date Issued 1920-1950
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Note Purchase or donation
Language English
Topic Clinton (Iowa)
Topic Religious facilities
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Church schools
Topic Gazebos
Topic Clinton County (Iowa)
Topic Lyons Girl's Seminary
Topic Lyons Female College
Cartographic 41.870212, -90.18447
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_clinto0027
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_clinto0027
Identifier (local) grinnell:13734
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13734
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