The Presbytere, Historic palace in French Quarter, New Orleans, United States.

The Presbytère is a two-storey brick building facing Jackson Square, with a nine-bay ground-floor arcade of elliptical arches and pilastered corners. The upper level repeats the arched openings with multipane windows, and the central three bays carry engaged columns under a gabled pediment. A dormered mansard roof added in 1847 is topped by a louvered cupola; the pediment reads "LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM".

Designed in 1791 by French-born Gilberto Guillemard to mirror the Cabildo across St. Louis Cathedral, the building had only its first floor finished by 1798; the second floor followed in 1813. Named Casa Curial for the Capuchin friars' former residence on the site, it was used commercially until 1834, when the Louisiana Supreme Court moved in. The city bought it from cathedral officials in 1853, sold it to the state in 1908, and in 1911 it joined the Louisiana State Museum.

The name comes from the Capuchin friars' residence and presbytery that once stood on this site, though the building never housed clergy. Since 1911 it has belonged to the Louisiana State Museum, whose exhibitions occupy its upper floor. Visitors can also look for the 2005 replica cupola, rebuilt after the original was lost in the 1915 hurricane.

The Presbytère stands on the northeast side of Jackson Square, between St. Louis Cathedral and St. Ann Street, so it is reached on foot from anywhere in the French Quarter. The entrance faces the square; the ground-floor arcade of nine elliptical arches runs along the facade and gives shelter along the sidewalk.

The cupola visible today is a 2005 replacement: the original had been missing since the New Orleans hurricane of 1915. The name comes from the Capuchin friars' residence and presbytery that once stood on the site, yet the building never served as a clergy home.