Pitot House

Historical marker location:

1440 Moss Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker is on Moss Street, 0.2 miles south of Esplanade Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Built Late 18th Century.

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Louisiana was a slave state before the American Civil War, and the state played a significant role in the Civil War. The Battle of Port Hudson, which took place in Louisiana in 1863, was the longest siege in American history.