Saint Mary’s Academy School

St. Mary's Academy is a private Catholic K-12 school in , run by the Sisters of the Holy Family. Founded in 1867, it is one of the oldest Black Catholic schools in the country.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: private, all-girls school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: Saint Mary Academy”, “Saint Marys Academy School”, “St. Mary’s Academy”, and “St. Mary’s Academy School

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lakefront Airport and Almonaster Avenue Bridge.

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a public airport five miles northeast of downtown New Orleans, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport. is situated 2 miles northwest of Saint Mary’s Academy School.

Bridge
The is a bascule bridge in , . The bridge has two vehicular lanes of Almonaster Avenue and two railroad tracks over the . is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Saint Mary’s Academy School.

Bridge
The is a bascule bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana running adjacent to the Seabrook Bridge. It is often confused with this vehicular bridge to the north, officially called the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge; therefore, it is commonly called the , that now carries only trains across the canal. is situated 2 miles northwest of Saint Mary’s Academy School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pines Village and Gentilly Woods.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the city of , , . A subdistrict of the area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Downman Road and Interstate 10 to the east, Chef Menteur Highway to the south, and Morrison Road to the north, and the to the west.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Dreux Avenue to the north, to the east, Gentilly Boulevard to the south and People's Avenue to the west. is situated 2 miles west of Saint Mary’s Academy School.

, sometimes called "New Orleans East", is a large area of to the north east of the older central portion of the city.

Saint Mary’s Academy School

Latitude
30.0147° or 30° 0′ 53″ north
Longitude
-90.00748° or 90° 0′ 27″ west
Elevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)
Open location code
862F2X7V+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 768592293
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4340206
Wiki­data ID
Q7590071
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