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A view of the construction of the East Wing and main building of The Summit. The East Wing, intended for convent space, was still being built while the first classes were taught in the West Wing, or Academy Building.

The construction of the new Academy of Notre Dame building on the corner of K Street and North Capitol. The school was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in 1920 by Cardinal Gibbons.

Sister Ellen St John, Provincial, makes the ceremonial first dig at the site for the north wing addition to the high school.

Sister Marie Teresa ceremoniously digging the first hole at the site of the future Notre Dame High School campus.

The ceremonial ground breaking at the site for the new Notre Dame High School in Chicago, IL on Mango Avenue. The first class of students were taught at St Peter Canisius School in 1937, who later moved to the new Notre Dame High School building when…

A view of the inscription on one side of the cornerstone at Notre Dame High School in Chicago during the cornerstone ceremony. The inscription was suggested by Monsignor Markham, the brother of one of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.