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purchase, the purchase would leave its funds nearly depleted—leaving nothing to continue making repairs. The building's exterior needed extensive conservation and maintenance work, and the fire-suppression system needed replacing. The foundation estimated this work would require $ 1 million. Although the sale fell through, the Ursulines agreed to give the foundation the right-of-first-refusal on any sale in the future. In addition, the Ursuline Order said it was eliminating its financial support of the retreat. To improve the center's financial viability, the Ursulines and foundation considered turning the former nuns' quarters (which were in excellent condition) into a retirement home for women, and finding more groups willing to use the busy retreat on weekdays.
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of the Ursulines in Montana and at Ursuline Academy. The museum also contains many Native American beadwork items and dresses donated to the Ursulines by tribes in Montana. Antique clocks, hand-carved chairs, and intricately detailed tables—many made by the sisters at St. Peter's Mission—are also housed in the museum. A painting of St. Peter's Mission by contemporary artist Ralph DeCamp also hangs in the room.
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repairs on the building began in 1998, and by September 2002 had raised $ 1.3 million. Although the campaign's original goal was to eventually raise $ 1.5 million, rising costs led the campaign leaders to raise the goal to $ 2 million. The foundation initially repaired the roof and replaced the building's 501 windows. In 2006, the electrical and plumbing systems were upgraded.
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building. Rapid expansion in enrollment led to the construction of a detached gymnasium south of the western end of the building in 1925. The school began accepting boys in 1927. An annex was built against the gymnasium to permit boarding of male students. Classes were strictly segregated, as were the playground and yards.
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The long second floor hallway is now known as the Heritage Gallery. Photographs of graduating classes, portraits of nuns and students, diplomas, and other memorabilia hang in this hallway. At the end of the hallway in a former girls' dormitory room is the Heritage Museum, which documents the history
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function. The sisters began renting the facility for meetings and retreats, using the dormitory space for guest sleeping quarters and the old school kitchens to provide food service. To continue the educational function of the Ursulines, a portion of the building was rented out as a day care center.
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The Ursuline Academy originally was open only to girls. When the school opened, enrollment consisted of 40 boarders, 25 day students, and 30 part-time music students. The Ursuline Sisters expanded their educational offerings in 1920, and created Ursuline High School. It was housed within the academy
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After a reorganization of the Ursulines in 1958, the sisters agreed that they could no longer support the college. The Ursulines relinquished control of the junior college in 1960. The Sisters of Providence moved it to its present site between 20th and 23rd Streets South on 12th Street South. It is
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The Ursuline Academy's meeting and retreat center can accommodate up to 100 people in dormitory rooms on the third and fourth floors. Space exists for multiple groups to use the facility at one time. The center also has a kitchen and kitchen staff of four. A 260-seat auditorium with stage exists on
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For five decades, the room on the fifth floor in the tower was used as an art studio. Mother Raphael used it as her classroom, and only art students were permitted access. Since the classroom lacked water, Mother Raphael carried buckets of water up to the room each day. (Mother Raphael also painted
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company. The piano was the gift of a student, whose father gave it to her as a graduation present. The other room was the Bishop's Parlor, a private suite for the bishop and important visitors. The suite consisted of a sitting room, bedroom, and bath room. The sitting room was furnished with finely
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a farm to help them survive, and promised to pay them $ 200 a year to teach boys if more nuns could be brought to the mission. The Ursulines built a large stone building between 1882 and 1887 which served as their school and convent. The school later moved into a two-story wood-frame building, and
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In 2010, the Ursulines entered into negotiations to transfer ownership of their building to the Ursuline Centre Historical Foundation. The Ursulines offered to sell the building outright to the foundation for $ 200,000, but the foundation declined. Although the foundation had the money to fund the
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The Columbus Hospital School of Nursing opened in the city in 1898, and during World War II it greatly expanded its enrollment to meet wartime needs. Students in the nursing school slept in the Ursuline building with alongside the boarding school students. In 1950, Ursuline High School merged with
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In 1997, the Ursuline Centre Historical Foundation was formed as a nonprofit entity to accept grants on behalf of the Ursuline Centre, manage the building, and operate the retreat. The foundation also assists the religious order in maintaining the building. A capital campaign to make much-needed
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The Ursuline Academy is a four-story building with a five-story central tower, and is constructed of stone and brick. The facade is trimmed with terra cotta with impressions of geometric forms. Stepped parapets exist on the main tower and wings. As originally constructed, the academy had 64,000
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With the impending loss of the high school, Ursuline Academy's days as an educational institution came to a close. The institution changed its name to Ursuline Centre in 1971. The Ursuline sisters continued to live in the building (treating it as a retirement home), but the building changed its
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Expansion of the Catholic educational system in the city of Great Falls in the 1950s and 1960s led to the creation of many more elementary and junior high schools with larger, modern facilities. Enrollment at Ursuline Academy dropped steadily, and the elementary school closed in 1966. The high
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Icons throughout the building were painted by Mother Raphael Schweda. The chapel remains largely unaltered since its completion in 1927. Mother Raphael's fifth-floor classroom is now an art gallery featuring many of her works, which include portraits, religious images, and floral paintings.
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The Sisters of Providence established Great Falls Normal School, a college of education, in 1938. The Normal School merged with the Junior College in 1942 to form the Great Falls College of Education. The institution became the College of Great Falls in the early
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in September 2012, they are thought to be the only working gargoyles in the entire state. The property on which the building sits is about 60 percent smaller than it originally was, due to the sale of the high school and its football field to the city in 1974.
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Mother Francis Siebert oversaw the design and construction of the new building, which was named Ursuline Academy. The city agreed to close a block of 1st Avenue South and 24th Street South to create a unified grounds for the Ursulines. Noted local architect
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caused the building to lie unfinished for decades. To accommodate the students, the college opened on September 8, 1932, in the Ursuline Academy. The college was diocesan, and not controlled by either religious order. The original enrollment was 14.
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The building's Amadeus Library, named for Mother Amadeus, contains an extensive of collection of early- and mid-20th century books and musical instruments. It also houses the archives for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Ursuline order.
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In 1908, the wood frame Ursuline school at St. Peter's Mission burned to the ground. The Ursulines decided to move the center of their activity to nearby Great Falls, which was founded in 1883. The sisters were strongly supported by Bishop
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and the electrical system had occurred, and work on the exterior was proceeding. Talks between the Ursulines and the foundation continued, in an attempt to reach agreement on a way to transfer ownership of the structure to the nonprofit.
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the sisters built a bakery, barn, corral, laundry, and workers' housing. The Ursulines—who believed in music and art training as well as education in reading, math, and science—also built a three-story opera house at St. Peter's in 1896.
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in 1971. Ursuline sisters continued to live in the building, but rented out its classrooms and kitchen spaces as a retreat center and a meeting place. As of 2012, only one Ursuline sister continued to live at the site.
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which hang on the walls were made in the 1890s, and the lectern originally used at St. Peter's Mission. Three large scenes, painted by Sister (later Mother) Raphael Schweda in 1927, hang behind the altar. Depicted are
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It became a coeducational college in 1937 known as Great Falls Junior College. By 1950, it had moved out of Ursuline Academy and was holding classes in the Old Columbus Hospital building at 1601 2nd Avenue North.
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View of St. Peter's Mission between 1896 and 1908. The Ursuline stone convent and school is center-left. The original wood frame girls' school is center-right and low (with bell tower).
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until fall 2007, when it moved into its own building at 2800 18th Avenue South. See: Johnson, Peter. "Backers Offer Details of Proposed Great Falls Catholic High School."
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known as Collegiate Gothic Revival. Shanley donated a portion of his fee to the sisters, while contributions from the community and loans paid for the building. The
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At the time of the building's 100th anniversary in September 2012, more than $ 3 million had been spent to renovate and restore the structure. Replacement of the
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Two rooms of note were furnished at the time Ursuline Academy was completed. The first, the Green Parlor, was designed for entertaining guests, hosting
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school) adjacent to the Ursuline Academy. The college was built on the northeast corner of the property. But the financial distress caused by the
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1927 was also the year that the Ursuline Academy chapel was painted. The chapel is original to the building, and was blessed in 1912. The
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carved dark oak furniture and bookcases retrieved from St. Peter's Mission, and the bedroom with dressers made of cherry.
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The stone convent/school burned in 1918, causing the abandonment of St. Peter's Mission. See: Porter and Scott, p. 39.
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Uncommon Women, Unmarked Trails: The Courageous Journey of Catholic Missionary Sisters in Frontier Montana.
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square feet (5,900 m) of internal space. Eight gargoyles sit atop the central tower. According to the
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The Catholic school system in the city of Great Falls did not have a high school after 1973 until
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Aarstad, Rich; Arguimbau, Ellen; Baumler, Ellen; Porsild, Charlene L.; and Shovers, Brian.
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February 3, 2000; Radcliffe, Rosanne. "Two New High Schools Open Their Doors."
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for women, the building was complete in 1912. It was originally known as the
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Merriam, Ginny. "Community Input Wanted for Possible Uses for Old Schools."
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the second floor. As of 2011, the Ursuline Academy also was home to a
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in 1932 to establish Great Falls Junior College for Women (a two-year
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July 30, 2000; Cates, Kristen. "Central Opens in New Facility."
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opened in the fall of 2001. The new GFCCHS was housed at the
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Kolstad, Polly. "Ursuline Centre: Take a Step Back In Time."
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leading a group of martyred virgins into heaven, and Saint
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Looking southwest at the north entrance of Ursuline Academy
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Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society Press, 2009.
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Ecke, Richard. "Ursuline Sisters to Pass the Torch."
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two other Catholic high schools in the city to form
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

47°30′17″N 111°16′01″W / 47.50469°N 111.26694°W / 47.50469; -111.26694
Collegiate Gothic Revival
91001447
convent
Catholic
school
Great Falls, Montana
Ursuline Sisters
religious institute
National Register of Historic Places

Jesuit
St. Peter's Mission
Sun River
Fort Shaw
Simms, Montana
Piegan Blackfeet
Cascade, Montana
Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena
Jean-Baptiste Brondel
nuns
Mathias Lenihan
Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls
George H. Shanley
Gothic Revival style
Anaconda Copper Company
teas
Abraham Lincoln

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