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Manressa Retreat House
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Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Photograph Collection, digitized with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
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Manressa Retreat House; Louisiana, United States; SEE BACK; X-C-1; This Greek Revival structure on the East Bank of the Mississippi was established in 1831 as a state-supported college for men. When it closed a few years later, it was purchased by Valcour Aime, a wealthy West Bank planter who reopened it as Louisiana College. It was used as a barrack for Union forces during the war between the States, Aime gave it to the Marist Fathers in 1864, who operated it as a bording school for boys. It now belongs to the Jesuit Order, and is known as Manressa Retreat House. The building is private but the grounds are open to the public.; Louisiana Office of Tourism; 24070