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Ursuline Convent (French: Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier, nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen (Normandy) went to New Orleans to found a convent, run a hospital, and take care of educating young girls.
The nuns moved to the Ursuline Convent in the 9th Ward of New Orleans in 1823, giving the old French Quarter structure to the city's bishop. The convent premises in the 9th Ward were in turn sold to the city in the 1910s, and the land was used as part of the route for the Industrial Canal .
New Orleans, Louisiana: ca. 1722-1732 Blacksmith shop/bar Located on Bourbon Street, where it is currently a bar. Built prior to 1803 Louisiana Purchase made New Orleans part of USA [1] Parlange Plantation House: Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana: 1750 House French colonial antebellum mansion [2] Old Ursuline Convent Museum: New Orleans ...
New Orleans: Orleans: Convent established early in the colonial era by Ursuline nuns and New Orleans' oldest-surviving French Colonial building (1752). 53 † Vieux Carre Historic District: Vieux Carre Historic District
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
The Old Ursuline Convent is located at 1100 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. The attached chapel is now known as St. Mary's. The church and the convent are open for tours daily. The Chapel of Our Lady of Consolation, where those gathered in prayer during the Battle of New Orleans was demolished.
Marie Tranchepain, also known as Marie St. Augustin (ca. 1680–1733), was a French woman of the Order of St. Ursula and in 1727 sailed to New Orleans where she became the first Mother Superior of the Old Ursuline Convent. At that time, New Orleans was part of French Louisiana. She established the first school for girls in what is now the ...
Old Ursuline Convent: New Orleans: LA 1748 (or 1752) Religious Considered the oldest building in Louisiana, and perhaps the oldest building in the Mississippi River Valley [93] Spanish Governor's Palace: San Antonio: TX 1749 Government One of the oldest government buildings in Texas. Now open as a museum. Presidio La Bahía: Goliad: TX 1749 ...