Category: Preservation in Print


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Garden District home of Sarah Sunday and Dexter Blanchard featured on PRC’s Holiday Home Tour

When contemplating a move to New Orleans from Washington, D.C., in 2021, Sarah Sunday and Dexter Blanchard envisioned themselves in …

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Garden District Home of Susannah Coolidge and Fred Diegel featured on PRC’s Holiday Home Tour

Those who have restored a historic home know the challenges and pitfalls of transforming such a property. Susannah Coolidge and …

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I’m a Preservationist: an interview with Carol Quillen

Carol Quillen is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National Trust is …

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Focusing positive attention on New Orleans, locally and nationally

This month marks three exciting events at the Preservation Resource Center. The first is the debut of PRC’s new book, …

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Economic development in rural Louisiana: Louisiana Main Street’s Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program

Over the last four years, Louisiana Main Street’s Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP) has supported 19 building rehabilitation projects in …

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The only woman police officer in 1949 New Orleans: The legacy of Kate Victory

Kate Victory had always been fascinated by her husband’s work. His death inspired her to embark on her own foray into policing.

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An aerial portrait of old Tremé: 1922 photo shows railway station, Tremé Market and more

One day in 1922, a U.S. Army Air Service biplane based out of Montgomery, Ala., wafted through the midsummer skies …

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Archaeology under St. Louis Cathedral documents an unparalleled architectural history

The fieldwork part of archaeology is often what gets the most attention: the excitement that something buried for decades, centuries, …

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Gayle Benson leads campaign to restore St. Louis Cathedral

Long before she became one of the most recognizable women in Louisiana, Gayle Benson was a parishioner and reader at …

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Holly & Smith Architects to lead St. Louis Cathedral renovation

Approaching the restoration of a church with foundations dating back to the 18th century is a complex and daunting task, …

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The history of St. Louis Cathedral: modern in its day, an icon today

St. Louis Cathedral’s contemporary design, with its mélange of Greek Revival, Gothic and Renaissance motifs, stunned New Orleans in 1849. …

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A dubious demolition on Dauphine Street

YOU’VE PROBABLY NOTICED IT, a specimen of early-1960s pastiche architecture more befitting of Metairie or Terrytown than the French Quarter. What …