On September 8 , 1897, the Presentation Sisters opened St. John’s Orphanage and Free School in Fargo. The building used to house St. Joseph’s Convent and Academy, but the convent shifted that year to the Sacred Heart Academy, making room for the new orphan school. The school held strong for almost ten years until it was destroyed in a fire on January 19 th , 1907. The sisters moved the children to the basement of St. Mary’s Cathedral, with their classes held at the Sacred Heart Academy. The