Former site of San Antonio Female College (Assumption Seminary)

The Portal to Texas History includes a concise history and historic photographs and postcards from the San Antonio Female Academy, a school that was later known as San Antonio Female College and operated from 1894 until 1918. The former women's school then became home to Westmoorland College and then the University of San Antonio in 1937. This college founded in 1937 was not the same institution as the University of Texas at San Antonio, an institution of higher learning that is part of the University of Texas system and was established several decades later. The University of San Antonio later became what is now Trinity University. This Woodlawn Campus was the location of Trinity University until 1952 when it moved to its present location and Assumption Seminary acquired this property. 

Assumption Seminary used the former residence hall and then repurposed for the Mexican American Catholic College until they moved their functions to a new building in 2000.  At that point, the building became too expensive for the Archdiocese to maintain. After meeting with preservationists, officials agreed to incorporate some details of the exterior into any new building or spaces on the property.