Old Ursuline Convent (New Orleans, Louisiana)

USA / Louisiana / Arabi / New Orleans, Louisiana / Chartres Street, 1100
 convent, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1750s construction, U.S. National Historic Landmark
According to the National Park Service, this is the finest surviving example of French colonial public architecture in the country. It is by some accounts the oldest structure in New Orleans and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

During Hurricane Katrina it suffered moderate damage, mostly from a collapsed chimney in the main building.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ursuline_Convent
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Coordinates:   29°57'38"N   90°3'37"W

Comments

  • Last one of its kind.
  • Photo courtesy of me; taken in August of 2004.
  • Good place to meet chicks on the weekend.
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