The Preservation Resource Center
From iron foundry to wartime weapons, the PRC is one of few surviving commercial Gothics Founded in 1974, The Preservation Resource Center, called the PRC, […]
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New Orleans Architecture Tour’s Guide to New Orleans Houses!
Single and Double Shotgun (1830 – 1940) Shotguns are called shotguns because they were developed so that all the doors line up – “you can […]
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Architecture Souvenirs!!
If the buildings of New Orleans make your heart go pitter patter and you want to keep that feeling around long after you have returned […]
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Favorite Building Friday – Hennen Building
For this week’s Favorite Building Friday, we return to the Central Business District to learn about the Hennen Building, also known as the Maritime Building. […]
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The Rink Myth Debunked!
Standing on the corner of Washington and Prytania, beneath a yellow barn-shaped building, you’ll hear it. Wild stories about the history of the building. “Right […]
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Favorite Building Friday!
Favorite Building Friday! This week to celebrate our annual French Quarter Fest, we headed back down to New Orleans’ most famous neighborhood to pick out […]
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Favorite Building Friday – Carrollton Courthouse
For this week’s Favorite Building Friday, we are heading uptown to talk about the Carrollton Courthouse. Located at the top of the St. Charles Streetcar […]
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Grand Opening of the Union Station (1892)
On this day in 1892, the Union Station opened at the corner of Howard Avenue and North Rampart Streets. The building was designed by Louis […]
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Women in Colonial Louisiana
For Women’s History Month, I’d like to share with you a paper I wrote for a Colonial Louisiana Class in 2013, about the mark that […]
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Favorite Building Friday – Pedesclaux-Lemonnier House
For today’s Favorite Building Friday, I would like to share with you another building that Hyacinth Laclotte worked on: the Pedesclaux-Lemonnier House. This lot was […]
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