St. Mary's College (Kentucky)

St. Mary's College was a Catholic institution established by William Byrne and George Elder in Elder's hometown of Hardin's Creek near Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky. The community was later renamed "St. Mary" after the college.

St. Mary's is now closed. It operated between 1821 and 1976. Before it closed, it was the third oldest operating Catholic college for boys in the nation.[1]

The St. Mary's College Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2]

Historic district

St. Mary's College Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	St. Mary, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°34′12″N 85°20′41″W
Area	7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built	1821
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	80001654[2]
Added to NRHP	April 10, 1980

The "St. Mary's College Historic District" is a 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) historic district which included 12 contributing buildings.[1]

Notable alumni

• Clement S. Hill, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Ben Johnson, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Elisha Standiford, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• William Thomas Ward, Union Army General and U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church, served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 to 1996
• Martin John Spalding, Bishop of Louisville (1850–1864) and Archbishop of Baltimore (1864–1872)[3]
• John Lancaster Spalding, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908
• Augustus Hill Garland, 11th Governor of Arkansas and Attorney General of the United States[4]
• Thomas James Churchill, Confederate major general during the American Civil War and the 13th Governor of the state of Arkansas[5]
• Stanislaus P. La Lumiere, President of Marquette University

References

1. Javne C. Henderson (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Mary's College Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2018. With accompanying 16 photos from 1979
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
3. Shea, John Gilmary (1886). The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. New York: Office of Catholic Publications.
4. "Augustus Hill Garland". The United States Department of Justice. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
5. "Thomas James Churchill(1881-1883)". Old State House Museum. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

• The Catholic Encyclopedia. "William Byrne".
• Lewis, Alvin Fayette. History of Higher Education in Kentucky. G.P.O., 1899.
• Lmunet.edu "St. Mary's College".
• Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, pp. 627 ff. Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. Accessed 10 November 2008.

External links

• Fordham University