Saint Anthony Catholic School Campus
Saint Anthony Catholic School was completed in 1926. Located west of the church, in the downtown Victoria Park historical neighborhood, the campus covers one city block and is located. The two-story building originally housed the four Adrian Dominican Sisters who were the teaching faculty for the initial sixty-four students. There were the Sisters’ quarters upstairs with classrooms, the Front Office and the Principal’s Office. In 1938 the Sisters moved into the new Convent freeing up the second floor for additional classrooms. A small two-room change was made in 1940. Today the 1926 school building has six classrooms, the Resource Center and the Library. In 1997, the two-story Spanish style structure designed by Francis Abreu was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1938 the Convent, a spacious two-story building was constructed. The Sisters occupied the Convent until the 1980s when there were no remaining nuns on the faculty. The building was used for the much needed classroom space. In 2005 a renovation was completed and now the Convent is the Rose Miniaci Fine Arts Center and home to the music and art classes, the Development Office, and the Parish Meeting Center, a place for church and school meetings and outreach to the community.
In 1940 the Gymnasium was constructed. In addition to physical education classes, it is the place where the men in our community play basketball every night and on weekends.
In 1941 the two Pre-Kindergarten buildings (located at 915 NE 2 Street at the corner of NE 10 Avenue) were constructed as residences. They are now classrooms for fifty-six Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 students.
In phases between 1953-59 a school annex was constructed to the back of the original 1926 school building. It is a two-story building with eight classrooms, the Computer Lab, the Cafeteria and the Clubroom.
in 1964 the building to the south of Convent/Fine Arts Building (between the Convent and the Gym) was constructed as a residence and garage. It became classrooms and the Cafeteria and houses the Business Office and Maintenance Department.