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Category: Preservation in Print

This detail from a 1732 map shows the sequence of meanders Iberville described in his initial expedition up the Mississippi River in 1699. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Preservation in Print

Richard Campanella’s Streetscapes: “A Rather Good Road”

This story appeared in the February/March issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to …
A sketched portrait of Nanette Baham is on display in Oak Alley. Photo Courtesy of the Oak Alley Foundation.

Preservation in Print

Nanette Baham of 830 St. Philip Street

The grand home at 830 St. Philip St. stands three stories high and is ornamented with a cast iron double …
A historic dining room with olive-green walls, ornate dark woodwork, colorful stained-glass windows, hanging crystal chandeliers, antique furnishings, and a mounted deer head above a fireplace.

Preservation in Print

Home of Bill Edwards 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 …
Bright living room with pale blue walls, tall windows with white curtains, a cream sofa and armchair, wood coffee table, woven rug, plants, and a wall-mounted TV above a decorative console.

Preservation in Print

Home of Camille Whitworth 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 …
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.

Preservation in Print

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.

Preservation in Print

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.

Preservation in Print

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.

Preservation in Print

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.

Preservation in Print

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 …