Uptown/Carrollton in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Academy of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart Academy Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 7, 2016

1. Sacred Heart Academy Marker

Inscription. The Academy of the Sacred Heart was founded in 1887. It has continued to serve as a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls, offering 15 years of instruction from nursery school through high school. The Rosary, as Sacred Heart is affectionately called, is part of a national and international network of educational institutions directed by the Society of the Sacred Heart, a teaching order founded in France in 1800 by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat. Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to:

---A personal and active faith in God
---A deep respect for intellectual values
---A social awareness which impels to action
---The building of community as a Christian value
---Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom

Erected 1992 by Class of 1992.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. 29° 55.591′ N, 90° 6.235′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Uptown/Carrollton. It is on St. Charles Avenue west of Jena Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4521 St Charles Avenue, New Orleans LA 70115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Faubourg Bouligny (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Halfway Station (about 700 feet away); Touro Synagogue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ramos Residence (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carrere Residence (approx. ¼ mile away); Valence (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Stephen Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); McDonogh No. 7 Elementary School (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.

Also see . . . Academy of the Sacred Heart. (Submitted on July 11, 2016.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 7, 2016

2. Sacred Heart Academy Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2016. This page has been viewed 873 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 9, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.