The Augustinian Academy was founded on May 30, 1899 in conjunction with the new parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, both by the Augustinian Friars. The buildings were erected by the Visitation Nuns, and were purchased and altered by the Augustinians for educational purposed. The academy buildings were dedicated by Cardinal Martinelli on September 10, 1899 and officially opened on September 13, 1899. This was the first Catholic settlement in Tompkinsville, with the first mass said in the neighborhood occurred 12 November 1899 in McRobert's Hall on Arietta Street. Our Lady of Good Counsel occupied the large chapel in the Academy building, which "was used for parochial purposes with the chapel of Our Lady of Consolation. The parish left the Academy building in 1902 after erecting a small chap