Carrie Hatler provides an interesting historical post "St. Agatha's Conservatory of Music as well as Art," on the Forgotten Minnesota website. The establishment was founded inwards 1884 every bit St. Agatha's Conservatory as well as Convent yesteryear the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet inwards St. Paul, MN. The convent housed sisters who were educational activity inwards nearby parochial schools. The sisters hoped to survive self-supporting as well as operated the conservatory every bit a agency to earn coin to back upwards their convent.
St. Agatha's Conservatory relocated afterwards 1908 to an impressive half dozen even out edifice built yesteryear the sisters on the southwest corner of Exchange as well as Cedar. Enrollment peaked at over 1,100 students inwards the early on 1900's as well as and thus began a dull turn down alongside the conservatory closing inwards 1962.