LOCATION FILE
Old Ursuline Convent
FOLLOWNew Orleans, LA
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
Completed in 1752 for the Ursuline nuns who arrived in 1727 as teachers and nurses, this is widely cited as the oldest surviving building in New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
A long-standing legend links the convent's shuttered attic to the "casket girls" — young Frenchwomen who arrived with chest-shaped trunks in the 1720s — and to tales of vampires; historians treat the vampire story as folklore with no basis in the historical record.
VISITING
Open to the public as a museum and historic site.
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
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