Julia Jump 2018

Julia Jump presented by Continental Underwriters, Ltd./Mr. and Mrs. H. Elder Brown, Jr.

For 41 years, the Preservation Resource Center’s Julia Jump has been one of the city’s most exciting Spring events. What started as a small campaign to save Julia Row has evolved into our annual major fundraiser, supporting the preservation of historic architecture and neighborhoods city-wide.  This year’s Jump, chaired by Melissa Eversmeyer and Shon Cowan Baker, will take place on Friday, March 16, 2018 at The NOCCA Institute’s Solomon Family Hall (2800 Chartres Street).  Join us for an evening of exceptional cuisine, a fantastic silent auction, and live music by NOCCA students and Bon Bon Vivant, for a 1920s-themed soirée.

We are thrilled to celebrate our 41st Julia Jump in an incredible example of adaptive reuse, and to shed more light on the critically important historical event which happened a few steps away on Press street and Royal – the arrest of Homer Plessy, which led to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case that challenged the Separate Car Act.

The silent auction is now live! Browse and bid on fabulous auction items here.

Patron Party · 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Live music by Bon Bon Vivant

Cuisine by II Tony’s • 5 Happiness • Annunciation • Bobby Monsted BBQ • The Green Fork • Jack Dempsey’s • Nesbit’s Poeyfarre Street Market • Nothing Bundt Cakes • Pigéon Caterers • Praline Connection • Tsunami Sushi

The best silent auction in town

Decorations provided by Fidelity Bank. Lighting provided by Firefly Ambiance and Jason & Nicole Villemarette.

 Join the Facebook event here.

Help make a difference in New Orleans! Proceeds from the Jump enable the PRC to:

• Acquire blighted and vacant historic buildings through our Operation Comeback program, and renovate them into homes for New Orleanians.
• Improve quality of life and prevent community displacement through our Rebuilding Together program by making critical home repairs for low-income homeowners.
• Advocate for historic architecture and neighborhoods at the local, state and federal levels – including the prevention of unnecessary demolition of local historic buildings and protecting vital incentives like the Federal Historic Tax Credit.
• Safeguard historic structures with our Preservation Easements program.
• Educate New Orleanians of all ages and walks of life about our city’s historic architecture through our Education and Outreach program’s educational programming
• Promote awareness of historic preservation through our award-winning publication Preservation in Print, which publishes nine times a year.

Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Colonnade Patrons

Susan and Ralph Brennan  •  MCC Real Estate  •  Children’s Hospital  •  Mrs. Frank W. Masson  •  Randy and Kathy Opotowsky

Pillar Patrons

Mr. and Mrs. Graham M. Ralston • Landis Construction Co., LLC • Roth Law Firm, LLC • Trapolin-Peer Architects • Joe Mann, Verdad Real Estate • Legier & Company, apac

Column Patrons

Jeanne and F. Sherman Boughton, Jr. • Shaun and Foster Duncan • Sweet and Benjamin A. Dupuy • Kit and Gus Fritchie • Charles Gay • Cecilia Absher and David Katz • Rozas-Ward Architects • Jill and Minor Pipes • Katie Witry and Todd Riché • Jones Walker