Pitot House
Welcome
Located on historic Bayou St. John, the Pitot House is the only Creole colonial country house museum on Bayou St. John in New Orleans. It tells the story of life along the bayou 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 mayor of New Orleans after the city's incorporation 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.
June Vino on the Bayou at the Pitot House
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Click on a thumbnail below to view photos from the Vino on the Bayou on June 11, 2010. Musical entertainment was provided by The Courtyard Kings.
Pitot House Pieux Fence Projects
Recently, G. A. Coiron III, Inc. General Contractors reconstructed a section of the pieux fence that runs along Moss Street between the entrance gate and Cabrini High School. The project was funded by Pitot House Angels. New pieux pickets were intermixed with 150 year old pickets, but all are hand split from sinker cypress.
Lake Douglas, PhD, ASLA, speaks to Pitot House Benefactors - The Garden Study Club of New Orleans
On Tuesday March 16th, the Pitot House hosted Mrs. Susu Stall, President, and the ladies of The Garden Study Club of New Orleans for their monthly meeting. At this meeting, Lake Douglas, PhD, ASLA discussed the implentation of Phase II "The Louisiana Landscape, 1700-1820" of the Strategic Landscape Plan for the Pitot House Museum, written by Mr. Douglas. Both the plan and the implementation of Phase II of the plan were funded by two grants awarded by The Garden Study Club of New Orleans to the Pitot House. Click here for more information about Lake Douglas.
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Spring 2010 Pitot House Projects Underway!
A banner promoting the spring projects at the Pitot House will be hoisted in the yard near the newly constructed pieux fence. This banner will inform visitors and New Orleans residents alike of the many preservation activities underway at the Pitot House. The banner will also acknowledge those responsible for making these important projects possible. Landmarks thanks Taylored Environments; Landscape Architect and Historian Lake Douglas, PhD, ASLA; G.A. Coiron, III, Inc. General Contractors; Tulane University's Center for Public Service, and Tulane University's School of Architecture Preservation Studies Program for the execution of these projects.
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.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFOPitot House Garden
The garden of the Pitot House today is an interpretive one, featuring plants commonly used from the end of the eighteenth century until the early 1840s. Because the Pitot House was moved 300 feet down Moss Street, it was not possible to do archeological exploration to determine aspects of the original garden plan.
In 1803, diarist C. C. Robin described the house and gardens that he observed during his travels along Bayou St. John:
Event Rentals
Thank you for your interest in the Pitot House Museum as a site for your special event. This is a unique environment and one that you and your guests are sure to enjoy.
The Pitot House is a restored eighteenth century Creole country house. In 1810 it was the home of James Francis Pitot, the first mayor of the incorporated City of New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase. Since 1964 it has been owned and maintained by the Louisiana Landmarks Society.
The Pitot House Museum and Gardens are available for a variety of events - weddings, receptions, dinners, tea parties, or any special occasion.
Priestly School at the Pitot House
The Louisiana Landmarks Society’s Pitot House Museum and the Priestley
School of Architecture and Construction have initiated an exciting new
educational partnership this summer with support from the New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation, Inc. and the Patrick F. Taylor
Foundation, Inc. Hosted by the 1799 historic house museum located on
Bayou St. John, the three week program is aptly named Priestley School
at Pitot House. Ten students who have completed the charter school’s
freshman year will study wrought iron ornamentation and hardware with
architectural restoration blacksmith, Darryl Reeves. Reeves and
volunteer members of the Louisiana Landmarks Society will help teachers
from the Priestley School and staff from the Pitot House explain the
