page_title: McGill–Toolen Catholic High School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: McGill–Toolen Catholic High School / History
caption_attribution_description: McGill Institute, 252 Government Street, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. South elevation (front), east side. Built by the Chandlers in 1850 as a family home, it was sold to the McGill brothers and opened as the McGill Institute, a Catholic school, in 1897.
context_page_description: McGill–Toolen Catholic High School is a private co-educational high school operated by the educational system of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama.
context_section_description: McGill Institute was founded in 1896 by brothers Arthur and Felix McGill as a free school for boys. In 1928, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart took over the administration the school. They continue to serve on the faculty of the school. The original McGill Institute building was on Government Street, in downtown Mobile. In 1952, the school moved to Old Shell Road, across the street from Bishop Toolen School for Girls. Bishop Toolen School for Girls was founded in 1928 by Bishop Thomas J. Toolen and was administered by the Sisters of Loretto until it merged with McGill Institute in 1972 to form the co-educational McGill–Toolen Catholic High School.
  In December 2007, the Mobile Register reported that supporters of the school raised $10.3 million to renovate the campus and add a new science building and student center. The science facility was opened in 2009, giving every science teacher their own classroom and lab space. The student center is a two-story building fronting Lafayette Street and includes a cafeteria, chapel, and student plaza. It was completed in 2016.
caption: The original McGill Institute building, demolished in 1955.
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