Near Springfield in Washington County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Saint Catharine

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

1. Saint Catharine Marker

Inscription. Cradle and Mother House of the Dominican Sisters in U.S. First settlement at St. Rose Farm, 1822. Known as St. Magdalen Academy from 1823 to 1851. Renamed, 1851, St. Catharine of Sienna. Mother Angela Sansbury, O.P., and Rev. S. T. Wilson, O.P., co-founders. Former buried in Columbus, Ohio. Latter in St. Rose. The Academy chartered, 1839. College in 1931.

Erected 1967 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1095.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1822.

Location. 37° 42.556′ N, 85° 15.513′ W. Marker is near Springfield, Kentucky, in Washington County. It is on Bardstown Road west of St. Catharine College Drive, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2700 Bardstown Road, Springfield KY 40069, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s The Knobs.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Matthew Walton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint Rose Priory (approx. 1.2 miles away); E. Gregory Goatley Law Office (approx. 2.6 miles away); Jesse Head Homesite

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(approx. 2.6 miles away); Busy Day In Springfield (approx. 2.6 miles away); Lincoln Homestead (approx. 2.6 miles away); World War I Monument (approx. 2.6 miles away); Korean War Marker (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Springfield.

Also see . . . The Dominican Sisters of Peace. Website homepage (Submitted on October 19, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

2. Saint Catharine Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 481 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.