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All Saints is for sale
VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — The historic All Saints property on Confederate is now for sale, according to a listing by Vicksburg Realtors.
Established as a girls’ boarding school in 1907, it was originally called All Saints Episcopal College. In 1971, it began to accept men in the boarding school and operated as a school until 2006. In 2007, the property was leased by the federal government to be used as the base for Americorps students. Americorps ceased to operate there in 2025.
The original building was called William Mercer Green Hall after Mississippi’s first Episcopal bishop. It measures 230 feet long and 40 feet wide and was built for $80,000. Their first academic year was 1909. They said:
The High School will conform to the standard set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. The Carnegie Unit System will be observed, and for graduation in the High School Course, 14 units will be required.
All Saints’ will take the rank as a Junior College. It will confer no degrees, but its graduates will receive a Certificate of Graduation which will represent the completion of the first three years of a Standard College or University.
