Kenwood, NEW YORK - Sacred Heart Academy - 1908:  Kenwood was a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, New York. The hamlet spanned both sides of the Normans Kill near the area where the Normans Kill flows into the Hudson River.  In 1870, and again in 1910, northern portions of Kenwood were annexed by the City of Albany, New York. In 1859, the Female Academy of the Sacred Heart (a Catholic institution) bought the Rathbone estate and related structures, along with 53 acres (210,000 m2) of land. In 1867, it tore down the mansion, but reused its materials in the construction of a new church on the property. School buildings were also constructed. President-elect Grover Cleveland visited the campus in 1884.  The school changed its name to the Kenwood Academy.  In 1975, the Kenwood Academy merged with the Episcopal St Agnes School; the new institution—which continued to operate on the Kenwood campus for several decades—was named the Doane Stuart School.  The Doane Stuart School moved away from the Kenwood campus to a new campus in Rensselaer, New York in 2009.  Following the departure of The Doane Stuart School, the former Kenwood Academy campus, consisting of 74 acres (300,000 m2), was listed for sale in 2009. In 2010, the Preservation League of New York State declared the campus to be one of its "Seven to Save" endangered historic sites for that year.  The property was sold on August 21, 2017, for the sum of $3 million.  The purchaser of the property stated that he intended to turn the property into a condominium complex.  The project was not completed, and the property was later foreclosed upon.  On March 28, 2022, the owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  On March 23, 2023, the building caught fire and burned almost completely to the ground.  The building was later demolished completely, and the bankruptcy case was converted to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation on July 11.   This Undivided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1908, is in good condition.