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MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY (Click on an image to see the actual notecard size)
Main House
Arlington, Virginia
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Main House, the focal-point of Marymount University, was once the home of Admiral Presley Marion Rixey, surgeon general of the U.S. Navy and personal physician to presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Designed by architects Frank Upman and Percy C. Adams, the building was constructed during 1919 and 1920 to replace an old farmhouse that had been destroyed by fire about 1907. The Rixeys lived in a cottage on the property during planning and construction.

After the death of Dr. Rixey on June 17, 1928, and his wife Earlena a short time later, the property was sold to Mrs. Ida K. Polen who used “Rixey” as a tea house. In 1948, the Rixey estate was purchased by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary at the request of Bishop Peter L. Ireton of Richmond for the purpose of building a woman’s school. Originating in Béziers, France, educational institutions bearing the name “Marymount” are located in California, New York, Virginia, England, France, Italy and Mexico. The first American “Marymount” was founded in 1907 at Tarrytown, New York.

Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia was founded as a two-year woman’s college in 1950. Thirteen freshmen entered the first year, with nine of them making up the first graduating class of 1952. The whole campus community of nuns and college freshmen lived in the mansion. In 1960 the institution was incorporated as Marymount College of Virginia. The first male students were admitted into the school’s nursing program in 1972. By 1986 the institution became coeducational at all levels and was renamed Marymount University. The University is an independent institution related to the Roman Catholic Church and governed by its own Board of Trustees.

Text © 1996 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1996 Bill Harrah.

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