National Historic Places: Ursuline Convent

By Robert Nickel The Old Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, Louisiana is the oldest structure in the city, and for that reason alone it deserves its designation as a National Historic Landmark. However it has also been said to hold the "finest surviving example of French colonial public architecture in the country". Either way, the building certainly has a story to tell. In 1726 the French had a