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that for sixteen years (1995–2011)Sandra Zaragosa
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'', October 23, 2009. At the end it served grades K-12. Previously it only covered elementary school. The founding director of the school was Pattye Henderson, whose family had previously owned the school site, a historic mansion and 10-acre (40,000 m²) campus at 4100 Red River Street in Austin, Texas, originally owned by cotton entrepreneur E.H. Perry and his family.

Campus history

The campus location at 4100 Red River Street was owned by cotton

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E.H. Perry and his family in the early 20th century. In 1928 the family built a home, featuring guest houses, a triangular elevator, a bowling alley, and a sunken garden. The home features a

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villa style that somewhat resembles buildings at the nearby

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. In 1944 the Perry family moved to the

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and sold the home to Herman Heep. In 1948 the estate opened as a school for the first time, housing St. Mary's Academy for Girls, which had been founded in 1874 and moved from its historic downtown location. At that time a chapel, nun's quarters, and other buildings were added. In 1968, the coed Holy Cross High School replaced the girls' academy. In 1974, the land was purchased by the Henderson family, who founded the private Perry School on the site. In the mid-1990s, the land passed to the Sri Atmananda Memorial School. The school closed in 2011 after the property was sold to a new owner.

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attended Holy Cross High School together with her friend, Margaret Mary Graham, the subject of Griffith's early song "There's a Light Beyond these Woods (Mary Margaret)."Maggie"
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