schools

One of the most beautiful and prestigious colleges in Oxford, Christ Church was founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525. Highlights include Tom Tower, by Sir Christopher Wren, the beautiful Great Hall, and Christ Church Cathedral.

Located on the Left Bank of the Seine, at the opposite end of Pont des Arts from the Louvre Museum, the Institut de France is a collection of academies of arts and sciences founded in 1795.

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.

The Massie Common School House was completed in 1856 to educate poor children. Today, it is a museum of Savannah history and architecture called the Massie Heritage Center.

Constructed 1854-56, Eleutherian College is the only remaining building associated with one of the first colleges west of the Allegheny Mountains to promote college-level equal educational experiences prior to the Civil War.

Now the home of McGehee School for Girls, the Bradish Johnson House at 2343 Prytania was constructed in 1872 in a Second Empire style, which is rare in the Garden District.

Great Court East range with Great Gate The lower stage of the Great Gate and the flanking ranges are surviving buildings of King's Hall, begun circa 1490. Building went on slowly until circa 1505 and then lapsed until 1528-9.