Coven Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies was built in 1790 as a private school for privileged girls but was turned into a hospital during the Civil War. In 1868 Marianna Wharton, the reigning Supreme at that time, the most powerful witch of the generation reclaimed the building and reinstated it as a school as a cover-up, but in reality turned it into a safe haven for young witches to learn and hone their powers. #coven #ahs #americanhorrorstory #realmofmagic