proportion of the student body consisting of recent immigrants from Latin America and Europe. In 1880, the academy began offering a two-year post-high school program for its young women students, foreshadowing a future in higher education.
Over the next century New York City expanded, transforming the area from a farming village to a neighborhood in West Harlem. The Convent Avenue campus was located between 130th and 135th streets. The western border was Convent Avenue and its eastern border St. Nicholas Terrace. In 1949 proceedings began to incorporate the campus into the existing City College campus. Today it is known as the South Campus of City College. The final remaining buildings from the Manhattanville era are Park Hall (then known as Benziger) and Mott Hall (the Parish School during Manhattanville's time).
=== The College of the Sacred Heart (1917–1937) ===
In the early 20th century, higher education opportunities for women increased as many formerly academies, seminaries, institutions and lower schools …
