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Pritchard-Pigott House New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

1858: Richard Pritchard, cotton factor, buys the land at 1407 First from attorney Robert N. Ogden
c. 1860: Richard Pritchard sells the property to Mary Taylor Smith for $10,000
1866: Construction of Pritchard-Pigot House by builder Elijah Cox for owner Mary Taylor Smith, at a cost of $8,000
1872: Mary Taylor Smith sells the Pritchard House to James Jennings McComb (who became wealthy inventing a buckle to bale cotton) for $20,000
1904: Major renovations by Emmet White, Mississippian wife of John H. Hinton, including adding the huge portico columns, foyer, and curved staircase
1938: George Hitchens Terriberry (King of Carnival in 1940) buys the Pritchard House for $16,000
c. 1990: Dr. John Pigott restores the Pritchard House