Holy Name Catholic School

The Holy Name Catholic School is a school and a historic school building located at 121 S. Connor Street in Sheridan, Wyoming. The school is one of the oldest Catholic schools in Wyoming, and its 1914 building is the oldest Catholic school building in the state. The original brick school building and a secondary annex building constructed in 1952 were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The school was opened in 1914, despite not being quite finished, under direction of Father John Duffy, the pastor of the parish. He had "requested sisters from the Sisters of Charity who lived at the Mother House in Leavenworth, Kansas. Three of the nuns rode the train from Kansas City; and after enduring the August heat arrived in Sheridan. As one of the sisters recalled, 'we opened in September, 1914, before the school was finished. The stairways were just boards lain across to make steps, but we opened at the appointed time.' There were four rooms used for classrooms of the eight grades and the fifth was used an apartment for the sisters. Everything stayed status quo throughout World War I, the Depression, and World War II for Holy Name Catholic School." According to its 2013 National Register nomination, the 1914 school buildingis a two-story, brick school building, which exhibits stylistic elements of the Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival styles. The eclect

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