Loretto Academy (Chicago)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Loretto Academy
| image = Loretto Academy (Chicago) c 1910.jpeg
| caption = Loretto Academy, c. 1910
| address = 1447 E. 65th Street
| city = Chicago
| state = Illinois
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|41|46|36.4|N|87|35|21.8|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| established = August 1906
| closed = 1972
| religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic
| authority = Archdiocese of Chicago
| oversight = Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
| campus_type = Urban
}}
Loretto Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Woodlawn-Chicago is a former Catholic high school for girls in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood."[https://preservationchicago.org/chicago07/loretto-academy-institute-of-the-blessed-virgin/ Loretto Academy / Institute of the Blessed Virgin]", Preservation Chicago. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
History
The school was established by the Loreto Sisters and opened in August 1906. The school admitted its first African-American students in 1949.Hoy, Suellen. "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-01-26-9701260136-story.html A Rallying Cry... and a Lament]", Chicago Tribune. January 26, 1997. Retrieved November 3, 2019. As Woodlawn's demographics changed in the 1950s, the school's did as well.Hoy, Suellen M. (2002). "[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/17431 No Color Line at Loretto Academy: Catholic Sisters and African Americans on Chicago's East Side]." Journal of Women's History. Vol. 14, No. 1. p. 8-33. By 1960, it had only ten Euro-American students and by the early 1970s it had a completely African-American student body. The school closed in 1972. The building was sold to the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation and served as substance abuse treatment center called Entry House.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CsdYgE7iH9UC&pg=PA144 National Directory of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment and Prevention Programs]. United States Department of Health and Human Services. 1994. p. 144. Retrieved November 3, 2019. Entry House closed in 2012,"[https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-reporter-unit-5-woodlawn-corporation-entry-house-leon-finney-jr-141271103.html Employees Say 'Entry House' Closure is Retribution]", NBC 5 Chicago. March 2, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2019. and the building was sold at a foreclosure auction on October 28, 2019."[https://preservationchicago.org/newsletter_posts/threatened-loretto-academy-building-to-be-sold-at-foreclosure-auction-on-october-28-2019-%EF%BB%BFchicago-7-2019/ Threatened: Loretto Academy Building to be Sold at Foreclosure Auction on October 28, 2019 (Chicago 7 2019)]", Preservation Chicago. Retrieved November 3, 2019. It was included in Preservation Chicago's 7 Most Endangered list in 2019.
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Category:1906 establishments in Illinois
Category:Educational buildings in Chicago
Category:Educational institutions established in 1906
Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1972
Category:Defunct high schools in Illinois
Category:Defunct private schools in Chicago