After building a church, finding a rectory and getting an assistant pastor, Fr.
Quinn’s next priority became providing a Catholic education for the children of the parish. In the spring of 1912 construction
began on an addition to the church building. It was to be the first of three additions that would form the old school building
that we knew in later years.
The construction added a third floor
to the existing structure, plus a short wing along side the driveway into the courtyard. The second floor was partitioned
into classrooms and the parish hall moved to the new third floor.
Work
went swiftly, and Resurrection School was ready to accept new students on September 9, 1912. Enrollment was 115 pupils.
There were five Sisters of Charity on the faculty; each was paid $20.00 per month. While the new addition was under
construction during the summer months of 1912, another contractor was building a new rectory at 1201 Creedmoor Avenue (at
the corner of Oakridge Avenue). The house, which still stands,served as the parish office and home to the priests for the
next 27 years.
The old rented rectory at 1115 Creedmoor was turned
over to the Sisters, who had been commuting back and forth from DePaul Institute.
With expansion continuing, living quarters for the Sisters underwent two major changes over the next fourteen years.
School enrollment swelled to 330 children by 1918, and in February of that year the parish bought a brick house at 1113 Creedmoor
Avenue, next to the soon-to-be vacated convent and former rectory. Men of the parish donated their time, skill and money to
enlarge and remodel the building, creating additional living space for the Sisters. September enrollment was nearly 600, and
still more Sisters were assigned to teach them. Two lots next to 1113 Creedmoor were purchased and a new wing on the Clippert
Avenue side of the building was built. The Sisters’ house remained that way until 1957.
