Ursuline Convent

Infobox_nrhp | name =Ursuline Convent
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption =
location= 1114 Chartres St., New Orleans, Louisiana
lat_degrees = 29
lat_minutes = 57
lat_seconds = 37.1
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 38.51
long_direction = W
locmapin = Louisiana
area =
built =1745
architect= Broutin,Ignace; De Batz,Andre
architecture= Colonial, Other
designated= October 09, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=257&ResourceType=Building
title=Ursuline Convent |accessdate=2008-01-31|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000376

Ursuline Convent, also known as Old Ursuline Convent is an historic Ursuline convent in New Orleans, Louisiana.

"This is the finest surviving example of French colonial public architecture in the country," states the National Park Service. It is by some accounts the oldest structure in New Orleans, being at least fifteen years older than the Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000376.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ursuline Convent] |333 KB|date=May 22, 1975 |author=Patricia Heintzelman and Charles W. Snell|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000376.pdf "Accompanying 5 photos, exterior, from 1975."] |1.47 MB]

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