Our Lady of Victory Academy
Also known as: Our Lady of Victory College and Academy; Victory Arts Center
Why it's listed
Our Lady of Victory Academy is a five-story red brick school building in Fort Worth, Texas, built in 1909-1910 for the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. Originally addressed on Hemphill Street, it now carries the address 801 West Shaw Street. Its Late Gothic Revival design includes gabled parapet bays, battlements, buttresses, lancet-arched chapel windows and limestone trim. A chapel wing forms the leg of a modified T-plan, and a one-story home economics addition was added at the rear in 1948. The academy later also operated as a college. Its music department drew guest artists and taught piano, organ and violin, and during World War II it offered science courses for cadet nurses training at St. Joseph's Hospital. Enrollment reached 400 students by 1941. The building kept much of its architectural integrity, though the stained glass chapel windows were sold in 1991. It has since been rehabilitated as loft apartments, studios and caterer space, and it was nominated as locally significant.
Significance in brief: The excerpted text presents the building as the historic home of Our Lady of Victory Academy and College, a Catholic girls' school run by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. It describes the school's music program, college courses and World War II cadet nurse training. The building retains a high degree of architectural integrity and was certified as locally significant. The Section 8 criteria and period are not visible in the truncated text.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 04000886, listed August 20, 2004. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 801 W. Shaw St., Fort Worth |
|---|---|
| County | Tarrant County |
| Listed | August 20, 2004 |
| Reference number | 04000886 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival |
| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Recently rehabilitated into loft apartments, studio space for the creative community, and space for a commercial caterer. |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Coordinates | 32.70319, -97.33338 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 04000886.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7110984
- This listing as JSON
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