Ursuline Convent

In 1859 Bishop John Mary Odin sent a group of Ursulines from Galveston to Liberty to establish a convent and girls' school. Under the leadership of an energetic French nun, Mother Ambroise, the Sisters bought land at this site and erected two frame buildings. Many prominent Liberty families enrolled their daughters in the convent school, as boarders or day students. The turmoil of the Civil War (1861-1865) caused attendance to decline, and the institution closed in 1866. Occupied by two other academies in the late 1860s, the Ursuline buildings were dismantled in the 1880s.

Ursuline Convent is a historical marker in Liberty, Liberty County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Liberty County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 133 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0586, -94.7996 near Liberty. The nearest cataloged historic site is Seven Pines (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Plaza Iglesia Parroquial, Plaza Constitucional, and Ott Hotel.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5291009691. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.