UMSL is planning on demolishing some of its buildings on the south side of campus, many of which I have documented before. On the chopping block is the building above, the former Franciscan monastery which I looked at back in June of 2011; it has spectacular stained glass windows which I assume will go in the dumpster.
The main building of the former Marillac College is also slated for demolition, along with its library out back, I presume. It’s going to be a sad loss of an example of a Mid-Century Modern educational campus.
Nearby, the so-called Alumni House was knocked down, despite being located in the context of a Bel-Nor neighborhood. It seems to me that it would have been easy to sell the house at a profit to a potential homeowner. Whatever. The former Incarnate Word Convent, which was saved from demolition by UMSL is still sitting vacant after a plan to turn it into senior housing was blocked by Bel-Nor. I guess it will continue to sit empty.
Nearby, the Normandie Golf Course has been renovated and will not be purchased by UMSL.
My Mom’s sister (my aunt) is a Daughter of Charity for 77 years and attended the college while living at the provincial house. Once she got sent to the field, she would return every summer for meetings, and we would go out to visit her at Marillac. The college building is not as unique or special as the Provincial House, but I am puzzled about why they would want to tear down the library. A college needs several libraries, and that building was built as the ideal library — which you also explained in your 2011 post on the building. It would really be silly for them to tear that building down.