History
Celebrating its 130th anniversary, Edgewood has history dating back to Samuel Mazzuchelli. The school began in 1871 as Saint Regina Academy, an all-girls boarding school. Governor Cadwallader Washburn donated his official residence, "Edgewood Villa", after losing a bid for re-election. Saint Regina Academy continued to operate until a fire in 1895 destroyed the original building. Less than a year after the fire the school re-opened as the Academy of the Sacred Heart. In 1927, the original building was completed according to the design of architect Albert Kelsey, son-in-law of Governor Cadwallader Washburn, under the name Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart. A large addition of a new classroom wing, gymnasium, swimming pool and Commons was completed in 1967. In the 1990s the school added another gym and a science center, which is used cooperatively by three Edgewood schools on the campus.
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