St. Euphemia's School and Sisters' House | |
Location: | 5052 DePaul St., Emmitsburg, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 39.7053°N -77.3253°W |
Architect: | Tyson & Lansinger |
Added: | September 13, 1984 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 84001770 |
St. Euphemia's School and Sisters' House is a historic school building and convent located at Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland. It is a late-19th century school complex that consists of two attached brick buildings: a two and half story school building built about 1890, and a house that was used as a convent and built about 1860.[1]
It was named after the patron saint of sister Euphemia Blenkinsop in 1899 as a tribute to her memory.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.