One of the few colonial West Indies style houses left in Louisiana, the circa 1799 Pitot House features a parterre garden reminiscent of the 19th century. Visit our historic house museum or plan your special occasion at our home on Bayou St. John in New Orleans.
Educational Resources and Field Trips
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Pitot House Museum Hours:
Wednesday to Friday, 10:00 am — 3:00 pm
(Last tour begins at 2:00 pm.)
Admission:
$15 — Regular Admission
$12 — Students, Seniors (65+), and National Trust Members
FREE for Louisiana Landmarks Society Members.
For group tours or tours outside of business hours:
Email tours@louisianalandmarks.org for a quote.
Experience early Louisiana at its best and see the Pitot House on your next visit to New Orleans!
TOURS OFFERED
Wednesday to Friday
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
(Last tour begins no later than 2:00 p.m.)
Built in 1799 on historic Bayou St. John, the Pitot House is a witness to centuries of New Orleans history. Families thrived in this house, the Cabrini Sisters used it as a convent, and preservationists have loved it for all of its historical context and architectural beauty. The Pitot House is the only Creole colonial country house that is open to the public 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.
In 1964, the Pitot House was moved in order to save it from demolition. Learn more about the house move here. After this, the Louisiana Landmarks Society painstakingly restored the house, with its stucco-covered, brick-between-post construction and double-pitched hipped roof, to the time period of James Pitot’s habitation. The house has been furnished with Louisiana and American antiques that date from the early 1800s through mid-nineteenth century. Today, the Louisiana Landmarks Society uses the house as its headquarters, opens it for tours, and rents out the lawn and gardens for special events.
Click here to view the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings of the Pitot House.
