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Category: Preservation in Print

1914 Esplanade Ave. Home of Dana & Bo Cooper

Preservation in Print

Home of Dana & Bo Cooper featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour

Visit this historic home and other fine examples of New Orleans’ historic houses at the 2026 Spring Home Tour in …
1574 N. Dorgenois Street

Preservation in Print

Home of Mary McCarthy & Brad Walton featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour

Visit this historic home and other fine examples of New Orleans’ historic houses at the 2026 Spring Home Tour in …
Front Facade of a 2-bay teal and purple eastlake style shotgun home.

Preservation in Print

Home of Becca Glass and Brett Powers featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour

Come see this home and several more at the Preservation Resource Center’s Spring Home Tour on May 9 & 10! …
Men repairing a historic roof.

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Director’s Spotlight: Stronger roofs & climate-ready homes

By Kristin Gisleson Palmer, Janice Brunner & Carol Quillen As many have said of New Orleans, the city doesn’t just …
Seven Oaks in ruin in the 1960s.

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Richard Campanella’s Streetscapes: Seven Oaks of Nine Mile Point

Inspect a satellite image of greater New Orleans and you will readily see that the landscape of Nine Mile Point, …
Photograph of Streetscapes by Charles L. Franck, courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection.

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Richard Campanella’s Streetscapes: A Dizzying Dive into the Downtown of a Century Ago

One morning in 1922, photographer Charles L. Franck climbed into the rear cockpit of a biplane and had the pilot …
Victor McGill works on a tomb at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 during the Bridge To Crafts Careers pilot program.

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Bridging the Gap

For half a century now, the towering tomb of Alexander Milne in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 has received regular …
The home at 919 Bourbon Street.

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Within These Walls: The Carusos of 919 Bourbon Street

On the morning of March 15, 1891, a crowd pushed through the door of a four-bay, bracketed shotgun cottage on …
The Toledano home at 2233 Touro St. in the 7th Ward.

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Within These Walls: Audrey Toledano Jourdain of 2233 Touro Street

A quarter of a century after Armistice Day, the Toledano home on Touro Street lacked the peace for which the …
The ceiling of Jesuit High School’s Chapel of the North American Martyrs now features a stretched canvas, where images of stars depict constellations as they might have appeared over New Orleans more than 2,000 years ago on the night of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. The Vatican Observatory assisted with the project.

Preservation in Print

A renovation written in the stars

For nearly 75 years, the Chapel of the North American Martyrs on Jesuit High School’s Mid-City campus has been a central focus …
Photograph of the whole exterior building housing the bank of Louisana.

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Historic Bank of Louisiana building is latest to be protected by PRC easement

The 170-year-old Bank of Louisiana building at St. Charles Avenue and Gravier Street in the Central Business District is now protected by the Preservation Resource …
Participants in the Bridge to Crafts Careers program work on a tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.

Preservation in Print

It’s Time to Train the Next Generation of Craftsmen

One of the greatest threats to preserving our historic environment is the shortage of skilled craftsmen to do the work. Across …