Preserving Our Historic Architecture and Diverse Culture
Using evidence-based advocacy, PRC fights to preserve the places and people that make New Orleans special.
PRC educates today’s preservationists with historic architecture tours, hands-on classes and educational workshops.
The PRC facilitates renovations of historic properties, ensuring these buildings are treated with the best practices in historic preservation. The PRC’s Revival Grants program provides free home repairs to low- to moderate-income homeowners and works to preserve the historic architecture and culture of our city’s oldest neighborhoods.
The Save Our Cemeteries department is dedicated to the preservation of cemeteries through restoration, education and guided cemetery tours.
Save Our Cemeteries
As a department of the Preservation Resource Center, Save Our Cemeteries preserves and protects New Orleans cemeteries through inclusive education, advocacy, and restoration.
SOC is the only non-profit tour operator where proceeds go towards tomb restoration, preservation and education.
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Guided Cemetery Tours
Explore the rich history of jazz funerals, learn why our dead are buried above ground, and hear captivating stories of famous soldiers, musicians, and even Storyville madams who rest in our iconic Cities of the Dead.
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Enjoy a walking tour with an expert guide or tour of one of the many National Historic Districts in New Orleans with our FREE digital maps
Learn MoreJazz Landmarks
See the sites where music was born. Learn about New Orleans’ pioneering jazz artists from PRC’s jazz plaque program, which installed more than 50 historic markers on sites of jazz significance throughout the city.
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