A Catholic parochial school was established on this site on January 7, 1855, by the Sisters of St. Joseph, who came to Bay St. Louis from Bourg, France, at the request of Reverend Louis Stanislaus Buteux, first pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. The academy buildings were destroyed by fire in 1907. The following year, a three-story brick building was built to house administrative offices, classrooms, and dormitories for boarding students. The student body included girls from first through twelfth grade and boys from first through third grade. In 1960, the academy became a school for girls only. It closed in 1967, and the main building was demolished in 1973.