Welcome
Located on historic Bayou St. John, the Pitot House is the only Creole colonial style house museum in New Orleans. It tells the story of life along Bayou St. John since the earliest days of settlement. The Pitot House has had a variety of owners from prominent lawyers to austere nuns. One of the most prominent was James Pitot, the first American mayor of New Orleans who lived here from 1810-1819. The Pitot House is a National Trust for Historic Preservation Partner Place. More information about the National Trust.
Our Mission
The Louisiana Landmarks Society promotes historic preservation through education, advocacy, and operation of the Pitot House.
Tulane University's Preservation Studies Field School
The Louisiana Landmarks Society will host a series of half-day workshops this summer for Tulane University's Preservation Studies Field School. Workshop attendees will be treated to a tour of the Pitot House as they learn to limewash the historic site's cypress pieux fence.
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2009 New Orleans Nine nomination sumbission
Louisiana Landmarks Society is proud to announce the return of the New Orleans Nine Most Endangered List. As we’ve done in previous years, Louisiana Landmarks Society is enlisting the help of neighborhood organizations, preservation and civic organizations, and our own membership for nominations of most endangered properties in Orleans Parish. This grass-roots approach has proven invaluable in compiling our annual list.
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Monday, March 9th. Lecture Series: From New Orleans to Dublin-- Preservation, Modernism, and Urban Revitalization
2008-2009 Lecture Series
From New Orleans to Dublin: Preservation, Modernism, and Urban Revitalization
Guest Speaker: Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA
Dean of Tulane University School of Architecture
Monday, March 9, 2009
Richardson Memorial Hall
Tulane University School of Architecture
6823 St. Charles Avenue 70118
7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public
Free On-Campus Parking Available
For more information email info@louisianalandmarks.org or call 504-482-0312
Fall 2008 Landmarks Newsletter
DOWNLOAD PDF OF NEWSLETTER HERE President's message - "We have been very busy this summer and fall both with activities at the Pitot House and our advocacy efforts. Two grants have been received to offset some of our operational expenses. We have been invited to be a consulting party in the LSUHSC/VA hospital plans and the disposition of the Beauregard Houses at Jackson Barracks. We have hired, for a 6 month period, a part-time consultant, Karley Frankic to assist with our advocacy work. The first of our annual lecture series was held on October 21st at Turners’ Hall. William Borah, an author of the Master Plan for the city of New Orleans was the speaker.
PITOT HOUSE NAMED TO FODOR’S CHOICE 2008
Fodor’s Travel, the foremost name in travel publishing, has named the Pitot House Museum a 2008 Fodor’s Choice selection. This distinction recognizes a remarkable achievement for the Louisiana Landmarks Society.
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NEW ORLEANS’ NINE MOST ENDANGERED SITES is dedicated to drawing attention to significant and
threatened sites in our city. The purpose of the program is to build awareness of architecturally and historically significant places in New Orleans that are in danger of being lost. To view the 2008 New Orleans Nine sites, please download this brochure.
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