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St. Joseph's College and Mother Seton Shrine
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| Location: | Emmitsburg, Maryland |
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| Built: | 1809 |
| Architect: | Lind,E.G. |
| Architectural style: | Second Empire, Gothic Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
76000994 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 1, 1976 |
St. Joseph's College and Mother Seton Shrine are two closely related campuses in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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The campus is the original site of Saint Joseph’s Academy, a Catholic school for girls from 1809 until 1973. The 107-acre (0.43 km2) St. Joseph's college campus includes a variety of significant buildings including the Second Empire Burlando Building.
In June 1809, Elizabeth Ann Seton (later canonized as the first U.S. saint) had arrived in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and established the first parochial school for girls in the United States. Over the years, that school grew to become Saint Joseph College, a four-year liberal arts college for women. However, due to sagging enrollment numbers and rising operating costs, Saint Joseph College closed its doors and ceased operations in 1973. Students and faculty were merged with Mount Saint Mary’s University, formerly a liberal arts men’s college located two miles (3 km) south of Emmitsburg on highway U.S. 15. Even after the school closed, The Daughters of Charity have continued Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s legacy of helping to educate children around the world.[2]
The college campus was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1979 for use as the National Emergency Training Center (NETC). It is home to the National Fire Academy, United States Fire Administration, National Emergency Training Center, and Emergency Management Institute (EMI), which is operated by the Directorate of Preparedness branch of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The campus also includes the Learning Resource Center (LRC) library, the National Fire Data Center, and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
The Seton Shrine includes the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Joseph's Provincial House of the U.S. province of the Daughters of Charity.
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