The Buildings and the River Views
The Villa Madonna Academy, Near Crescent Springs
Saint Walburg Convent, Villa Madonna |
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1922 |
Main Building, Villa |
Main Building, |
Villa Madonna Academy, Covington | Looking East from Villa Madonna, "near Ludlow, Kentucky" |
The View from Villa, 1929 |
The Northeast View |
The Northeast View |
Campus view | From the river |
From Villa Madonna, "near |
From Villa Madonna, "near Ludlow, Kentucky" |
Looking west, with cow. |
First and Second Villa Girls, 1946. Names.
Villa Madonna, 1908 | Smiling Spring | Villa Madonna Academy |
The swimming pool
Catholic Telegraph, May 17, 1906
Catholic Telegraph, May 31, 1906
“Kieley & McDermott, Covington contractors, have been awarded the contract for erecting the new Villa Madonna Academy, near Bromley, Ky. The new academy will overlook Cincinnati, Covington and Newport, and will cost between $80,000 and $100,000. It will be conducted by the Sisters of the order of St. Bernard.”from the Kentucky Irish American, December 2, 1905 | |
The Villa Madonna Academy's page is |
The Rev. Paul Ryan's brief 1954 history of Villa Madonna is here. |
Villa Madonna Academy, 1906
“The Educational Courses comprise every useful and ornamental branch suitable for young ladies.”
These are all from the 1932 "Silver Jubilee Volume" of the Ros Maris yearbook of Villa Madonna |