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Appendix A: Historical Assets, Structures and Heritage in Louisiana

Sources: The National Trust and the Louisiana Preservation Plan 2000

Historic Buildings-app.40,000

National Register of Historic Places- 1231

National Historic Landmarks-53 (ranks 13th nationally)

State Historic Markers-42

State Heritage areas-2

State Historic Sites-18

National Parks-5

State Parks-19

State Preservation Areas-1

State Historic Sites-16

Archaeological Sites Listed on the National Register-30

 

New Orleans has one of the highest concentrations of historical structures in the United States. Highlights of the city’s assets are as follows:

 

Historic buildings-33,300

New Orleans Historic Districts- 17

Local Landmarks within these Historic Districts-148

Local Landmark Nominee's waiting for designation-200

Landmark Society’s Most Endangered Sites-9

Plantation Architecture(1750-1950)

-plantation houses and outbuildings

-sugar mills

-cotton gins

-plantation stores

Creole Architecture and Archaeology

(1750 to 1900)

Creole Architecture

Creole Architecture refers to new architecture designed to accommodate the environment of a new place. In Louisiana it refers to the use of various designs used to address the heavy rains, heat, and humidity. It refers to buildings raised at least 3’ off of the ground, using high pitched, gable-ended roofs, overhangs, louvered shutters and French doors, and galleries. Houses were also built with one to one and half rooms in depth, with no hallways. Ventilation was a chief objective.

Creole architecture includes:

-Creole townhouses

-Creole raised plantation houses

-Creole cottages

-Pigeonniers

-Poteaux en terre houses

-Piece sur piece houses

-Above ground cemeteries

Creole vernacular: brique entre poteaux, colombage, abat vent, cabinet, garconniere, porte cochere

Other architectural styles:

Various

American Townhouse (1820-1850)

Raised Center-Hall Cottage or Villa. (ca. 1803-1870)

Shotgun House (1850-1910)

Double-Gallery House

Camelback

Bungalow

Arts and Craft

Prairie

Art Deco

Moderne

International

Upland South Culture-Scots-Irish heritage (1820 to 1950)

-Single pen houses

-Double pen houses

-Dogtrot houses

-Log barns

-Rural churches

Anglo-American Architecture(1800-1950)

-Federal style

-Greek Revival

-Romantic Revivals (Gothic, Romanesque, Italian Villa)

-Queen Anne revival

-Colonial revival

New Orleans as National Port (1718-1950)

-Warehouses

-Industrial buildings

-Major historic districts

Transportation Systems including steamboat era, railroad era, and early automobile age (1812-1950)

-Lighthouses

-Steamboats

-Steamboat warehouse

-Steamboat town centers

-Locks

-Railroad depots

-Warehouses

-Streetcars

-Diners

-Early motels

Historic Lumber Industry (1880-1920)

-Sawmills

-Lumber company towns

-Workers’ housing

-Skidders

-Log loaders

Rice Boom (1880-1950)

-Rice mills

-Rice paddy irrigation pumping stations

-Mid-western type “Victorian” residences

|Appendix B: Employment |Louisiana |New Orleans |

|Electrical |241 |18 |

|Carpentry |4910 |342 |

|A/C and Fridge |59 |9 |

|Cabinetmaking |78 | |

|Drafting |1315 | |

|Industrial Op. |611 |104 |

|Masonry |123 |30 |

|Plumbing |19 |3 |

Apprenticeship Programs

(All students are in the Greater New Orleans area unless specified otherwise)

Asbestos-45

Electrical-140

Sheet Metal-30 to 60 yearly

Painters-10, 20 total in LA

Glazier-20, 30 total in LA

Plumbers and Carpenters: 180

Millwrights: 150

Cement Masons: 12-15

Iron Workers: 30

Appendix F: Louisiana publications that cover historic preservation

Louisiana Cultural Vistas, a quarterly magazine published by the

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. With a statewide circulation of

45,000, Cultural Vistas maintains high editorial standards in its

coverage of Louisiana's cultural resources. Magazine highlights include

photo-essays, art reviews, music criticism, literary reviews, and

architecture

Preservation in Print, a monthly newspaper published by the Louisiana

State Historic Preservation Office, and New Orleans' Preservation

Resource Center, boasts a regional circulation of about 30,000 readers.

Editor Mary Fitzpatrick describes the readership as "people who are interested in maintaining the historic character of New Orleans neighborhoods-architects, craftspeople, renovators and contractors, politicos, homeowners, shop owners concerned about what's going on in their neighborhood, and people from out of town who are interested in moving to Louisiana," and added, “readers like stories about towns outside of New Orleans, as well as stories about impossible renovation projects."[1]

Louisiana Contractor, a statewide monthly magazine with a circulation

between 5,000 and 6,000. Louisiana Contractor is one of several

publications owned by McGraw-Hill, a national publishing house.

According to Editor Sam Barnes, the magazine's primary audience consists

of construction industry professionals such as general contractors, engineers, architects, and equipment dealers.  At least one issue per year is dedicated to historic

preservation-related coverage, specifically renovation or restoration projects that are non-residential.[2]

Preservation, a quarterly newsletter published by the Louisiana

Landmarks Society that circulates to about 700 member households in the New

Orleans area, as well as other areas of the state. The publication's

first page typically deals with preservation advocacy or a news-related

round-up of issues facing the City Planning Commission, The City Council

or the Vieux Carre Commission. Executive Director Meg Lousteau says "one of the biggest challenges facing preservation is bridging the racial gap" that exists between

whites and African Americans regarding preservation. African Americans typically view historic preservation as an elitist white undertaking.

In addition, Lousteau says: "We have encountered nothing but hostility

from the Nagin Administration toward preservation, and a cultivation of

the 'us versus them,' business versus preservation' mindset."

, a website sponsored by the New Orleans Tourism

Marketing Corporation, whose mission is to promote New Orleans as a

leisure tourism throughout the year, but especially during slower

tourist seasons, such as summer and the months between Thanksgiving and

New Year's Eve. The website is an all-inclusive link to New Orleans tourist attractions, including restaurants, hotel/motel accommodations and sightseeing. According to Editor Laura Claverie, "The most popular tours in New Orleans are the cemetery tours. Cultural tourism is key in any city. Cities that have nothing to offer culturally are hustling to find a

cultural tourism angle."

Book publishing companies that release books on preservation include:

Pelican Books

Pelican Books publishes about seventy new titles each year, about five of which are devoted to preservation or architecture. “The Friends of the Cabildo” series has been being wildly popular and successful.

Louisiana State University Press

Founded in 1935, the Louisiana State University Press is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books. The Press currently publishes approximately eighty new books each year as well as a backlist of some 1,000 titles. Included are a series on the history of the South and several books that focus on Louisiana history and culture.

Appendix F: Louisiana publications that cover historic preservation

Louisiana Cultural Vistas, a quarterly magazine published by the

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. With a statewide circulation of

45,000, Cultural Vistas maintains high editorial standards in its

coverage of Louisiana's cultural resources. Magazine highlights include

photo-essays, art reviews, music criticism, literary reviews, and

architecture

Preservation in Print, a monthly newspaper published by the Louisiana

State Historic Preservation Office, and New Orleans' Preservation

Resource Center, boasts a regional circulation of about 30,000 readers.

Editor Mary Fitzpatrick describes the readership as "people who are interested in maintaining the historic character of New Orleans neighborhoods-architects, craftspeople, renovators and contractors, politicos, homeowners, shop owners concerned about what's going on in their neighborhood, and people from out of town who are interested in moving to Louisiana," and added, “readers like stories about towns outside of New Orleans, as well as stories about impossible renovation projects."[3]

Louisiana Contractor, a statewide monthly magazine with a circulation

between 5,000 and 6,000. Louisiana Contractor is one of several

publications owned by McGraw-Hill, a national publishing house.

According to Editor Sam Barnes, the magazine's primary audience consists

of construction industry professionals such as general contractors, engineers, architects, and equipment dealers.  At least one issue per year is dedicated to historic

preservation-related coverage, specifically renovation or restoration projects that are non-residential.[4]

Preservation, a quarterly newsletter published by the Louisiana

Landmarks Society that circulates to about 700 member households in the New

Orleans area, as well as other areas of the state. The publication's

first page typically deals with preservation advocacy or a news-related

round-up of issues facing the City Planning Commission, The City Council

or the Vieux Carre Commission. Executive Director Meg Lousteau says "one of the biggest challenges facing preservation is bridging the racial gap" that exists between

whites and African Americans regarding preservation. African Americans typically view historic preservation as an elitist white undertaking.

In addition, Lousteau says: "We have encountered nothing but hostility

from the Nagin Administration toward preservation, and a cultivation of

the 'us versus them,' business versus preservation' mindset."

, a website sponsored by the New Orleans Tourism

Marketing Corporation, whose mission is to promote New Orleans as a

leisure tourism throughout the year, but especially during slower

tourist seasons, such as summer and the months between Thanksgiving and

New Year's Eve. The website is an all-inclusive link to New Orleans tourist attractions, including restaurants, hotel/motel accommodations and sightseeing. According to Editor Laura Claverie, "The most popular tours in New Orleans are the cemetery tours. Cultural tourism is key in any city. Cities that have nothing to offer culturally are hustling to find a

cultural tourism angle."

Book publishing companies that release books on preservation include:

Pelican Books

Pelican Books publishes about seventy new titles each year, about five of which are devoted to preservation or architecture. “The Friends of the Cabildo” series has been being wildly popular and successful.

Louisiana State University Press

Founded in 1935, the Louisiana State University Press is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books. The Press currently publishes approximately eighty new books each year as well as a backlist of some 1,000 titles. Included are a series on the history of the South and several books that focus on Louisiana history and culture.

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[1] GA Interview with Mary Fitzpatrick

[2] GA Interview with Sam Barnes

[3] GA Interview with Mary Fitzpatrick

[4] GA Interview with Sam Barnes

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