Move to West County

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Envisioning future needs of the College and its students, Maryville administrators announced the campus would relocate to West St. Louis County. Cardinal Ritter dedicated the new home of Maryville College on April 23, 1961.

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True to their “I will not forget” promise, Maryville’s alumnae led a $1 million development drive helping to make construction of the campus possible, and Maryville parents literally rolled up their sleeves to help the nuns sweep the new dorms and set up furniture just hours before the first classes arrived.

Amid 290 sprawling acres, four buildings comprised the campus: Gander, Duchesne, Reid and Kernaghan halls. The last commencement held on the south St. Louis campus honored 64 graduates.