Carmelite Chapel of St. Joseph and St. Teresa and the Carmelite Monastery

The cornerstone of the monastery was laid in April, 1891, James Freret, Architect, Fred Reusch, Jr, Builder.
Founded by the Discalced Carmelite nuns, a contemplative and strictly cloistered order of nuns restored to the primitive rule established by St. Teresa of Avila in the 16th century. The nuns lived their entire lives behind the high walls of the monastery, praying and praising the Lord. The Archdiocese of New Orleans purchased the building in 1975.