St. Mary's College (Kentucky) Explained

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.

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

Historic district

St. Mary's College Historic District
Nearest City:	St. Mary, Kentucky
Coordinates:	37.57°N -85.3447°W
Built:	1821
Architecture:	Late Victorian, Federal
Added:	April 10, 1980
Area:	7.5acres
Refnum:	80001654

The "St. Mary's College Historic District" is a 7.5acres 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)^[2]
• 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^[3]
• Thomas James Churchill, Confederate major general during the American Civil War and the 13th Governor of the state of Arkansas^[4]
• Stanislaus P. La Lumiere, President of Marquette University

See also

• List of Jesuit sites

References

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80001654}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Mary's College Historic District ]. National Park Service. Javne C. Henderson . November 1979 . May 2, 2018. With
2. Book: Shea. John Gilmary. John Gilmary Shea. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. 1886. Office of Catholic Publications. New York.
3. Web site: Augustus Hill Garland. The United States Department of Justice. August 14, 2012.
4. Web site: Thomas James Churchill(1881-1883). Old State House Museum. August 14, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120607225920/http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/governors/the_redeemers/churchill.aspx. June 7, 2012.