It may come as a shock to many, as it did to me, that even though it feels as if John and Mary Judge, founders of Judge Memorial, were just here building the school yesterday, time has flown by and Judge as an institution is actually 120 years old. From hospital to high school campus, the Judge Memorial building is full of rich history.

After the successful centennial celebration of the school this past August, the Judge administration is now looking to make some major changes by building an entirely new campus.

We created the interactive timeline above to take you through that rich history of the building, starting with the first graduating class Judge ever had – the class of 1921 – and ending with a look into the future of the soon-to-be Judge campus.

In the stories that are linked in the timeline, you will find links that take you to stories that’ll very well make you feel as if you yourself are with Judge students of the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, and beyond. We updated stories written by previous members of the Bulldog Press. We scanned images from old yearbooks. We dove into the Judge and diocesan archives. We interviewed current teachers, community members. Judge historian Mike Gorrell came to our class to share his work.

These quite frankly nostalgic stories include interviews from Judge alumni, descriptions of what a day in the life of a Judge student living in the good old days was like, and insights into how and why the almost ancient building has changed throughout the years.

We hope that you’ll join us on a trip down memory lane, and take a look into the exciting and promising future of the new Judge Memorial campus.