Its building survives and is located near Marquette Park and Holy Cross Hospital, within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Later, the order purchased about ten acres of prairie land at Marquette Road and Rockwell Avenue in Chicago.

Increased demand from prospective students led to the building of a modern high school, adjacent to the academy, in 1952.

[citation needed] Starting from the early 1950s, the entire student body wore a uniform consisting of a navy blue A-line skirt with a "bolero" jacket (collarless, with long sleeves, and with a hook only at the neck).

Navy blue head pieces called "beanies" (round skull cap) were worn when attending Mass.

For gym classes, students changed into a one-piece turquoise blue jump suit that came to mid-thigh and had elastic around each leg.

It consisted of a brown straight skirt that had a couple of pleats at the bottom on each side to allow for ease of movement.

During the above time period, students were required to wear black footwear, no higher than 1 1/2", and the shoes had to have rubber soles so as not to scratch or mark-up the marble flooring that was throughout the hallways and general areas.

More than eighty years ago, the Sisters of St. Casimir built Holy Cross Hospital for one purpose; healing.