Seattle University founded as the Immaculate Conception school, 1891
- When
- 1891
- Where
- near downtown Seattle at Broadway and Madison
- Episodes
- 1
In 1891, Adrian Sweere, S.J., took over a small parish school near downtown Seattle at Broadway and Madison. The school was named after the surrounding Immaculate Conception parish and did not initially offer higher education. This event marks the origin point of the institution now known as Seattle University, a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. Seattle University is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. The 1891 event concerns a small parish school located near downtown Seattle at the intersection of Broadway and Madison, which Adrian Sweere, S.J., took over that year. The passages describe this school as the starting point of the narrative but do not explicitly trace its institutional continuity to the modern university.
Founding Details. Adrian Sweere, S.J., took over the parish school in 1891. At the time of its establishment, the school was named after the surrounding Immaculate Conception parish. Crucially, the institution did not offer higher education during this initial phase, functioning primarily as a parish school before its later expansion.
People involved
- Adrian Sweere, S.J. · Took over parish school, 1891
Sources
- Seattle University Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09
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