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| 1812 | Sisters
of Charity of Nazareth founded.  |
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| 1814 | The
first school opened in a log building under the direction of Ellen
O'Connell. (This became recognized as the foundation date for both
Nazareth Colleges.) The school was Nazareth Academy. |
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| 1822 | Nazareth
Academy moved to Nazareth (near Bardstown) with 25 students. |
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| 1825 | Nazareth’s
first graduate received a diploma from Henry Clay. |
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| 1829 | The
Academy was chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. |
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| 1896 | Nazareth
Alumni organized. |
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| 1913 | The
Academy received standard high school accreditation by the University of
Kentucky. |
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| 1918 | The
Rankin Mansion Purchased
The
Nazareth Literary and Benevolent Institution purchased the Rankin
Mansion at 851 South Fourth Street for $75,000.00. Designed by
architect Henry Whitestone and built in 1871, the Italian Renaissance
home was originally owned by Joseph T. Tompkins, a dry goods
merchant. Read a more detailed history of The Mansion. |
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| 1920 | Nazareth
College opens in the Mansion. College founder Mother Rose Meagher, SCN, was the President. Read an account of the opening and the first year. |
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| 1921 | Nazareth
Junior College opens on the Bardstown campus. |
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| 1922 | Nazareth
Junior College approved to grant Kentucky teacher certificates. |
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| 1923 | First Junior College degrees granted on the Bardstown campus. | |
| 1924 | Mother
Mary Catherine Malone named President of Nazareth College in Louisville
and Nazareth College in Bardstown. |
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| 1925 | Nazareth
College is accredited by the Kentucky State Department of Education.
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| 1929 | Nazareth
College obtains membership in the Association of American Colleges.
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| 1931 | Library
wing added at the back of the Mansion. |
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| 1933 | Chemistry
and Biology laboratories are added. |
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| 1934 | The
chapel is furnished. |
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| 1936 | Mother
Ann Sebastian Sullivan named President of Nazareth College in Louisville
and Nazareth College in Bardstown. |
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| 1938 | Nazareth College is certified by the Southern Association of Colleges. | |
| 1938 | Nazareth
Junior College becomes a four-year institution. |
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| 1938 | Sister
May Anastasia Coady named President of Nazareth College in Louisville
and Nazareth College in Bardstown. |
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| 1939 | Auditorium/Gymnasium
built to be shared by Nazareth College and Presentation Academy. |
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| 1940 | Convent
built on behind the Mansion. Thomas J. Nolan, who had designed the
Library wing, designed the structure to include faculty residences, a
cafeteria, and a home economics laboratory. |
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| 1940 | First
Baccalaureate degrees granted on the Bardstown campus. |
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| 1942 | Administration
Building is erected. Designed by Nolan, the building is located in
front of and to the north of the Mansion and is attached to the Mansion
by a passageway. The building houses administrative offices,
classrooms, and laboratories. |
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| 1950 | African
Americans become a part of the regular student body. |
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| 1950 | Nazareth College becomes the first school in Kentucky to grant a baccalaureate degree in Nursing. | |
| 1951 | Margaret
Gertrude Murphy, SCN, is named President of Nazareth College. |
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| 1953 | Rooms
added to the north end of the Convent: The Marian room, the
Memorial Dining Room, and additional dormitory space. |
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| 1959 | 850
South Third purchased to be used by the Guidance Center. |
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| 1959 | 951
South Fourth purchased for the eventual use as a residence hall. |
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| 1961 | Our
Lady of Louisville residence hall is designed and built by Robert A.
Nolan. Occupancy, 110. |
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| 1961 | Mary
Charlotte Fowler, SCN, is named President of Nazareth College. She
was the first President of Nazareth College independent of Nazareth
College in Bardstown and the first President to reside at the Louisville
campus. |
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| 1961 | Nazareth
Junior College is renamed Nazareth College of Kentucky. |
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| 1963 | Nazareth
College is renamed Catherine Spalding College. |
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| 1965 | Construction
begins on the Science building at the corner of Breckenridge and west of
Third. |
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| 1966 | Last
class graduated from the Nazareth College of Kentucky academy or high
school division. |
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| 1967 | Library
is completed north of science building. Architect Robert A. Nolan
designed both the library and the science building. |
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| 1968 | Catherine
Spalding College becomes coeducational. |
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| 1968 | Second
wing of the residence hall is completed. Both wings renamed
Morrison Hall. |
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| 1969 | The
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth consolidate Catherine Spalding College in
Louisville and Nazareth College of Kentucky in Bardstown into one
institution with two campuses. The new institution is renamed
Spalding College. |
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| 1969 | Eileen
Egan, SCN, becomes the President of Spalding College. |
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| 1971 | Spalding
College in Bardstown closes after its 157th commencement. |
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| 1974 | The
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth relinquish control of Spalding
College. It becomes an independent corporation governed by a lay
Board of Trustees. |
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| 1975 | The
new charter goes into effect. |
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| 1984 | Spalding
College becomes Spalding University. |
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| 1988 | Houses
at 957 and 961 South Fourth are purchased, space for a Spalding parking
lot. A five-year dispute with the city follows over demolition of
historic buildings. |
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| 1993 | The
Egan Leadership Center is completed at Fourth and Breckenridge,
containing a lecture hall, bookstore, deli, and conference and
classrooms. |
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| 1994 | Tom
Oates is named as President of Spalding University. |
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| 1994 | McAuley
buildings at 597 and 961 South Fourth razed. |
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| 1995 | The
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth transfer ownership of Presentation
Academy to Spalding University. |
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| 1996 | Greenups
building at 838 South Fourth Street is purchased and converted into an
International Culture Center. |
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| 1997 | Spalding
University acquires Holy Rosary Academy from the Dominican Sisters of
St. Catherine, KY. |
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| 2001 | Holy
Rosary Academy is closed. |
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| 2002 | JoAnn
Rooney is named President of Spalding University. |