| In 1901 the Immaculate Conception School and Convent were moved from
Central Avenue to a new location at the northwest corner of Washington Street
and Woodward Avenue. The lot is large and elevated. The building facing
Washington Street is the convent and was known as the old “Marsh
House.” It is an old building, but the best of materials and expert
artisans made it superior to many buildings erected at the present day. This
property was purchased by the Sisters at a cost of $20,000. The old school
house on Central Avenue was sold to the Red Men's Fraternal Organization. They
remodeled the building, constructing stores on the street side and making a
number of lodge halls and offices of the balance.
When the school was moved to Washington Street, Sister M. Irene Murphy was
the Mother Superior. After twenty-three years the boarding school was
discontinued. The day school, which is the Parochial school for the Immaculate
Conception Parish, is conducted in a large building erected by the Sisters in
1901 and completed in 1902 in the rear of the Convent building. The school
building faces Woodward Avenue and is directly across the street from Fulton
County High School. The school course consists of nine grades which cover all
subjects covered by public grammar and junior high schools, also music, and in
addition the important subject of religion.
The present teaching staff of the Immaculate Conception Academy consists of:
Sister M. Michael, Superior and Principal, ninth grade; Sister M. Regina
Joseph, seventh and eighth grades; Sister M. Columba, fifth and sixth grades;
Sister M. Berchman, third and fourth grades; Sister M. Cecelia, first and
second grades; Sister M. Carmel, music; Sister M. Elizabeth is in charge of the
Convent.
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