Pitot House

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Bartholemé Bosque, a ship owner and merchant from Spain, bought the Bayou St. John property as a location to build a country home.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Historic American Building Surveys Collection, HABS LA,36-NEWOR,64–1

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By Amanda Knight & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
The Pitot House was built in 1799 as a country home for Bartholemé Bosque. The Pitot House is named after James Pitot, who occupied the property from 1810 until 1819. James Pitot was born in…