Old Ursuline Convent New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana — Old Ursuline Convent, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Image credit: Holly Hayes

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The Old Ursuline Convent in New Orleans has the honor of being the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley. It was constructed in French Colonial style 1745-53 for nuns from Normandy to nurse the poor and teach young girls. Today it is a museum and part of the Catholic Cultural Heritage Center.