1986Dobbs Ferry, New York — leading candidateEducation

Our Lady of Victory School

Rita recorded “Our Lady of Victory School” for 1986.

From Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Our Lady of Victory School — 1986

Identification still open — no building photograph assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity
Open
Kelly connection
Family source
Masonry scope
Unresolved

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Our Lady of Victory School — 1986

Transcription: Our Lady of Victory School — 1986

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-186

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“Our Lady of Victory School — 1986”

The exact project or site has not yet been identified.

Why it matters

Another row where location must come before architecture. Our Lady of Victory Academy was the all-girls school next door to Mercy College, and Mercy's earliest Dobbs Ferry classes used its building while the new college campus ran behind schedule. The academy later became Victory Hall, preserving the educational link between the two institutions.

Story notes

This is now a location/transcription problem rather than a generic search problem. Our Lady of Victory Academy was the all-girls school next door to Mercy College, and Mercy's earliest Dobbs Ferry classes used its building while the new college campus ran behind schedule. The academy later became Victory Hall, preserving the educational link between the two institutions.

Historical notes

Rita's 'Our Lady of Victory School — 1986' remains unresolved, but Dobbs Ferry's Our Lady of Victory Academy at 565 Broadway is now the leading institutional candidate. Westchester County Historical Society catalogs an exact academy photograph, and contemporary reporting distinguishes the former academy at 565 Broadway from Mercy's adjacent 555 Broadway campus. The two other obvious New York candidates remain poor fits: Mount Vernon's main school/convent building dates to 1961–62, and Brooklyn's Our Lady of Victory school had closed by 1973. The row stays Open until Sisters of Mercy/Mercy University or municipal permit records identify the actual 1986 project.

Verification notes

Leading candidate: Our Lady of Victory Academy — 565 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry leading institutional candidate; exact 1986 project unresolved. Address correction: the former Our Lady of Victory Academy was at 565 Broadway, adjacent to Mercy's 555 Broadway campus. Exact 1986 Kelly scope remains unresolved.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Unresolved

The masonry package on this job has not been established. The entry rests on the family record alone, and nothing further is claimed here.

03Who built it

The construction team

The construction team for this job has not yet been established.

04What happened

What happened to it

Former academy; building associated with Victory Hall on the Mercy University campus

On the map

565 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 — leading candidate

Former academy; building associated with Victory Hall on the Mercy University campus

Sources

6 citedOpen →
What this record rests on
  1. 01
    dobbsferryhistory.org

    Ferryman volXXX no20 Fall2024

  2. 02
    tributearchive.com

    dominic a. malandro

  3. 03
    colvsh.org

    our history

  4. 04
    westchester.pastperfectonline.com

    EA649C57 D906 406B A10C 172026560556

  5. 05
    theimpactnews.com

    former our lady of victory academy property to be sold to mercy college

  6. 06
    mercy.edu

    hidden figures mercy women who built university

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