a central quad designed by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, also the designer of New York's landmark Central Park in the 1850s and 1860s. Other historic buildings include: the Lady Chapel; the President's Cottage known as the Barbara Debs House; the old Stables; and Water Tower.
== History ==
=== The Academy of the Sacred Heart (1841–1917) ===
Manhattanville University traces its origins to an Academy of the Sacred Heart founded over 175 years ago on the Lower East Side of New York City. In August 1841 the Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), a Catholic religious order dedicated to the education of young women, established an academy at 412 Houston Street, near the corner of Mulberry Street, in the tightly packed warren of narrow streets in the southeast corner of Manhattan Island facing the East River. This location was chosen, in part, due to its proximity to Old Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
In September 1844 the boarding school moved to Ravenswood in the Astoria section of Queens. Archbishop …
