Nerinx Hall High School

Nerinx Hall High School is a private all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Webster Groves, Missouri, and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Nerinx Hall began with three women, Mary Rhodes, Ann Havern and Christina Stuart, the founders of the Sisterhood of Loretto. These pioneers spread their missionary work from Kentucky to Missouri. They began teaching and educating young women in the Lockwood family home. The first graduation class was in May 1925. The institution is named after Father Charles Nerinckx. By 1954, enrollment had increased so much that the school was transferred to the red brick building next to the Lockwood house where it still resides today. The gym was constructed in 1947. In 1933 the Lockwood...