Sublunar Photography

The Catholic Boarding School was constructed in the 1840s as a Methodist High School. During the civil war, it served as a Union hospital. In the 1870s, it was purchased by a group of nuns who transformed it into the boarding school in which capacity it served until the 1970s after which it was a convent before finally being abandoned.

The property was eventually sold to its current ownership who transformed it into a bed and breakfast. I stayed here for a weekend recently. The portions of the property that are now part of the bed and breakfast are entirely renovated to such an extent that they are cleaner and more comfortable than most places I've ever stayed and I highly recommend getting a room here. I met the owner who took us on a tour and who agreed to let me photograph the place. She even fired up the pipe organ in the chapel and let me play it -which is something I've ALWAYS wanted to do. It was fucking awesome. This place is cool as hell and, thankfully, so is the owner.

All of the pictures here are of the off-limits portions of the property. People do live in the main buildings now and freely roam the halls of these old buildings. I assured the ownwer that if I posted the photos online, I would not identify the location by name because I wouldn't want to associate their livelihood with photos of the buildings that haven't been fully renovated. Again, the bed and breakfast happens in *entirely separate buildings* than what you see below. And if you want to see this place, support them by renting a room for the night, talking to the owner and taking a tour of the place. I'm glad I did and I definitely plan to stay here again.

Carr Elementary School in Saint Louis was built in 1908 by renowned architect William B. Ittner. The school closed in 1983 and has been abandoned ever since.

St. Mark's School was constructed in 1909 and features Gothic Revival architecture. This all-girl's school opened on September 15, 1909 with 180 pupils. In 1910, the Sister-Teachers formed a High School department due to the lack of available all-girl high-schools in the area, forming St. Mark's Academy. The education was highly regarded and students came from as far as St. Ann and Glasgow Village, Missouri to attend school here.

St. Mark's was always funded solely by the members of its congregation or through the cost of tuition. But their numbers began to decline throughout the 1960s as more people moved out of the city and fewer women chose religious vocations as nuns. Ultimately, it closed its doors in 1975 due to lack of funding.

Source: NROHB