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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 …

Advocacy

Sophie Gumbel School and a Garden District home recommended for the National Register of Historic Places

On Nov. 21, Louisiana’s National Register Review Committee recommended that two Orleans Parish properties, the Sophie Gumbel School at 1771 …

Preservation in Print

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 …

Press Releases

New PRC grant program with City of New Orleans assists qualified homeowners with home repairs

The Preservation Resource Center, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, is proud to announce the launch of its …

News (other)

11-plus classic New Orleans Cocktails to try — plus an outrageous shot

Could New Orleans be considered the cradle of cocktail civilization? If you ask a New Orleanians — and more than …

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Advocacy

HDLC unanimously denies 4 demolition requests in Treme, Mid-City and Algiers Point

The Historic District Landmarks Commission has unanimously denied four applications from the New Orleans Code Enforcement Department to demolish buildings …

Advocacy

Historic preservation under threat: Louisiana historic tax credit crucial to state economic development

Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to weaken or eliminate the Louisiana state historic rehabilitation tax credit program would deal a blow …

Preservation in Print

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 …

Advocacy

Code Enforcement demolishes historic buildings on O.C. Haley Blvd.

The New Orleans Code Enforcement Department recently demolished four buildings, including three historic houses and a non-historic dry cleaners on …

News (other)

Louisiana Trust launches historic cemetery database

Who are your most distant ancestors? Are their graves marked? Are the burial places well maintained? Would it upset you …

Preservation in Print

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, …

Advocacy

HDLC denies city demolition of 2328 Annunciation St.

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission has denied the New Orleans Code Enforcement Department’s application to demolish a circa-1896 …