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THE CABILDO
residence, or presbytere, of the Capuchin monks.
( However, the building was not used for this purpose, i and when the first floor was completed in 1797, it was jrented out for shops. The Presbytere was not com-i pleted until 1813 when the second floor was added by [the wardens of the Cathedral, which still stands be-t tween the Cabildo and Presbytere on Jackson Square, j The Presbytere was leased for commercial purposes t until 1834 when the entire building was rented by the (Orleans Parish Police Jury as a court house. In 1840, | rear wings were erected, and in 1847 the mansard roof rand cupola were added to complement the scale of the !newly rebuilt cathedral and to match the Cabildo, lwhich had its mansard roof and cupola added at the r same time.	1
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The City of New Orleans purchased the Presbytere in ■1853 and used it as a civil district courts building until the Presbytere was transferred to the Louisiana State Museum in 1911.
The Presbytere was restored in 1965, the year before the massive four-year restoration of the Cabildo was begun. Both buildings are National Historic Landmarks and today house both permanent and temporary exhibits on Louisiana history, culture, commerce and industry. Ironically, a copy of the Louisiana Purchase Agreement, on loan for the Bicentennial, is exhibited in the Presbytere, instead of the Cabildo. ;~h >'	''
Old Spanish Fort at Pascagoula pre-dates the Cabildo. Mississippi Coast civil government and court edifices came a long time after.	MJS