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Brother James Maxwell had a large impact on the Louisiana Academy, and was one of many to pass through this room. The Chairman of the Academy's Board of Trustees, Maxwell was the backbone in providing the necessary funds to keep the school open.

The current owners have created a museum space, replicating some part of the original school and displaying a collection of items related to the era, a pistol used in the American Revolution, a dueling pistol from 1810 and various collected busts…

Exhibited in this photo is a real habit worn by the Brothers of the Academy. It is accompanied by toys, sculpture and artwork created in the Academy and documents of recognition to the school.

Here we see a list of the school's subscribers and a few artifacts of what daily life was like in Sainte Geneviève.

Despite the unanimous agreement on so many important steps such as building style, choice of builder,school charter, even basic…

Father James Maxwell was able to organize the established donor relationships with the Chouteau family of St. Louis as well as other interested families, who ranged from St. Genevieve, New Bourbon and many mining districts around what is now Ironton,…