A twentieth century history of Erie County, Pennsylvania : a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, and its principal interests . 1892. The building and grounds—the latter beautifullv parkedVol. 1—51 800 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY —are owned, controlled and managed by the sisterhood of the order ofSt. Joseph, acting under the supervision of the Bishop of the sisters have no means for the support of the institution other thanthe funds derived from tuition and such contributions as friends of theAcademy may make to the cause. It has been most successful, so muchso indeed
A twentieth century history of Erie County, Pennsylvania : a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, and its principal interests . 1892. The building and grounds—the latter beautifullv parkedVol. 1—51 800 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY —are owned, controlled and managed by the sisterhood of the order ofSt. Joseph, acting under the supervision of the Bishop of the sisters have no means for the support of the institution other thanthe funds derived from tuition and such contributions as friends of theAcademy may make to the cause. It has been most successful, so muchso indeed, that early in 1902 the enlargement of the school became animperative necessity, and courageously the sisterhood set about pro-viding for the demand. On the <8th of September, 1902, ground wasbroken for a large addition, exceeding in size the splendid school thathad been doing service for ten years. The new part was designed byF. F. Hecker of Pittsburg, and built by Kirschner Brothers, and wasplanned not only to meet the requirements of the time but to providefor the future. It was dedicated on June 21,1904. Its cost was $80, ^^fe VILL.\ MARIA ACADEMY. The education covers the usual academical training, and, in additionmusic, art, deportment and the general culture and refinement thatpertain to the sex. It is now five years since the enlargement was ef-fected, but already the sisters are finding that the demands upon theinstitution begin to call for yet more room. Sister M. Theresa wasdirectress until August, 1905, when she was succeeded b)^ Sister , who is still in charge. The first of the Catholic parochial schools of Erie was that of church opened in a small frame building on Ninth street in1850. When the new church was built in 1855, the old church was de-voted to school purposes and served until 1866, when a brick schoolhouse was erected on Tenth street in rear of the church. This build-ing was occupied until, having become too small, a h
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