Map Showing the Original Location of the Pitot House.

In 1963, when plans were made by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart to found a school for girls, the Pitot House was threatened with demolition. Following months of negotiations between the Louisiana Landmarks Society representatives, city officials, and the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, a solution was obtained in which the Pitot House was moved to a site on the nearby Desmare Playground. The house's current site was originally the location of what was possibly the first amusement park in New Orleans, Tivoli park. Later the area was used as a car barn for the local transit company.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Historic American Building Surveys Collection, HABS LA,36-NEWOR,64- (sheet 1 of 6)