St. Mary's Academy (Devils Lake, North Dakota)
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The St. Mary's Academy, also known as St. Mary's High School, is a historic three-story school built in 1909 in
Devils Lake, North Dakota Devils Lake is a city in and the county seat of Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 7,192 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 7,314 in 2024. It is named after the nearby lake called Devils Lake. The first ho ...
, United States. It was designed by the Hancock Brothers in
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
style. the building's exterior facade is constructed from buff brick, light mottled Hebron brick, cut granite, and Kettle River sandstone. The facility operated as a Catholic boarding school from 1909 until the 1950s. A high school continued to operate in the building until 1979. and


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Neoclassical architecture in North Dakota School buildings completed in 1909 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Ramsey County, North Dakota Schools in Ramsey County, North Dakota Catholic Church in North Dakota Educational institutions disestablished in 1979 1909 establishments in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub