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Loretto Academy
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| Location: | 1111 W. 39th St., Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Built: | 1902 |
| Architect: | Barnett, Haynes & Barnett |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83001009[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 28, 1983 |
Loretto Academy, at 1111 W. 39th St in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri is a former girls' academy dedicated in 1904[2] as a "boarding and day school for girls."[3] It is named after the Sisters of Loretto, who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899.[4]
The land upon which Loretto Academy was built was purchased in September 1902 by Mother M. Praxedes Carty.[5] The architect of Loretto Academy, Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, was soon after appointed the architect of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.[6]
The academy was the site of a fire in 1909 at a Halloween party; three students lost their lives when a paper dress became ignited by a lit jack-o'-lantern.[5]
Loretto Academy admitted its first black student in September 1947.[7] The Academy closed in 1964, and two years later was sold to Calvary Baptist College.[2] The college owned the site for 20 years; it then went through a series of three owners until a 1993 foreclosure.[2] By then it had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places for a decade.[1]
The Loretto hosts weddings in the historic cathedral chapel and wedding receptions in the ballroom. The building also offers apartments and offices. The website is http://theloretto.com.
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