A row of washing pitchers and bowls, right, at the Ursuline convent school at Dauphine and Sister streets in New Orleans. The convent, demolished in 1912, was located in what is now the Lower ...

A newer Metairie home constructed in 2020 sold for $2.2 million, while a Mandeville lakefront property, featuring a historic ...

The Old Ursuline Convent continued as a residence for priests, including those serving nearby St. Mary’s Church. A new residence for the city’s archbishops was completed in 1925.

But in New Orleans, the stories have some truths, even today. “If we’re talking here in New Orleans of course, I always credit the Ursuline nuns and the casket girls that were brought over ...

The Ursuline Sisters have been as much a part of New Orleans’ 300-year history as anyone else. And, the Old Ursuline Convent has been around for almost as long.

That’s when an Ursuline nun in New Orleans, short of teachers and seeking reinforcements, wrote a cousin who was at an Ursuline convent in France.

New Orleans is located along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. ... The Old Ursuline Convent Museum is the city’s oldest building. It was built from 1752 to 1753 to serve several purposes.

New Orleans’ top ten historic landmarks for 2025—St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, The Cabildo, The Presbytere, Old Ursuline Convent, Preservation Hall, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, Garden ...

Maybe it's the hazy glow of streetlamps, the echoes of jazz, or the narrow, dark alleyways. There's something about New Orleans that radiates romance and intrigue. The city is ancient by American ...