[1] Originally located in an old Presbyterian Church on Franklin Street, the school reopened in a new building in 1860.
[1] The school became Montgomery Female Academy and was eventually purchased by Samuel K. Knox in 1870.
It struggled and was sold at public auction to Oceana S. Pollock, a teacher at the school, in 1876.
[1] The school closed for a year in 1890 and reopened under a series of principals including Pollock's niece, Virginia Wardlaw, in 1903.
Wardlaw's sisters joined her and were known for strange behavior and wearing black veils.