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 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.
Landmarks' Fundraiser the Crepuscule Concert returns this Spring!
Click on a thumbnail below to browse 2008 Crepuscule Concert image gallery:
It's nomination time for the 2010 New Orleans' Nine Most Endangered
Louisiana Landmarks Society is proud to announce the return of the New Orleans’ Nine Most Endangered List. As 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.
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.
Filming the Battle of New Orleans
On Tuesday January 12, 2010, Argentine Productions, Inc. in conjunction with the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve filmed scenes at the Pitot House for two documentary videos about the period leading up to the Battle of New Orleans, which occurred January 8, 1815. These videos will be shown at the newly constructed Visitor Center for the Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery, a unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The Visitor Center is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2010. Many thanks to the film crew and actors for their care and consideration of the Pitot House during their filming.
Visit www.nps.gov/jela for more information on the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
New Orleans Nine Brochure - Page 1
New Orleans Nine Brochure - Page 2LLS opposes French Quarter height extension: 528 Bienville St.
View letter to City Planning Commission from Louisiana Landmarks Society regarding 528 Bienville St. ( November 16, 2009)
Condo seeks triple height limits: 121 Royal St.
View letter to City Planning Commission from Louisiana Landmarks Society regarding 121 Royal St. ( November 16, 2009)
2009 December Newsletter Is Here!
Download full PDF of newsletter here
Landmarks Board member Jon Smith, also owner of Cork & Bottle Wines, contributed the front page article about the kinds of spirits James Pitot and New Orleans citizens would have imbibed in 1810.
Pitot House Landscape Plan funded by Garden Study Club of New Orleans
If you are a fan of the Pitot House Parterre Garden, we have exciting news for you!!
The Garden Study Club of New Orleans has awarded the Louisiana Landmarks Society
a generous grant to implement the Strategic Landscape Plan, designed by Lake Douglas, PhD, ASLA. The already romantic Pitot House site will look like this fabulous drawing
when the historic landscape project is complete.
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