EZ
Content Blueprint
Who Preserves? Preservation Organizations
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Many
preservation organizations exist at the national, state and local
levels. Some employ preservation professionals, while others are
composed of volunteers. Examples of organizations of interest to
Louisiana citizens include, but are not limited to:
NATIONAL
LEVEL
Created
to promote and interpret historic sites and monuments owned by
Federal government
Administers
National Historic Landmark, National Register, Restoration Tax
Incentive, and Historic American Buildings Survey programs at
the Federal level
Located
within Department of the Interior
Commission
appointed by the President to administer the preservation review
process for Federal projects and programs
The
National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded
non-profit organization that provides leadership, education and
advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize
our communities
Chartered
by Congress in 1949
National
Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; six regional offices in different
parts of the nation. (The regional office serving Louisiana is
located in Charleston, South Carolina.)
The
Trust operates a variety of educational and publications programs
as well as a grants program to study critical issues affecting
threats to our heritage.
Owns
and operates two dozen historic properties in the United States
A
state agency which responds to preservation issues throughout Louisiana,
the Division administers a variety of preservation initiatives.
For a more detailed discussion of this agency's role, see the EZ
Content Blueprint entitled What Does a State Historic Preservation
Office Do?
The
LPA is a statewide organization composed of historical societies,
local preservation organizations, and individual citizens interested
in historic preservation in Louisiana.
The
main purposes of the LPA are to provide a voice for persons interested
in preservation and to lobby for preservation interests on the
state level.
Headquartered
in Baton Rouge, with annual conference held in a different city
each year
LOCAL
LEVEL
Local
preservation organizations can take many forms. The following are
examples of some of the types of local organizations found in Louisiana:
New
Orleans' private, citywide preservation organization, the PRC
promotes the city's historic architecture by educating citizens
about historic preservation and involving them in preservation
projects.
Activities
of the PRC include:
administers
a variety of grant and loan programs to restore endangered historic
properties,
administers
a façade easement tax incentive program to preserve buildings
in perpetuity,
lobbies
on the city level for historic preservation interests, and
partners
with Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation to publish
Preservation In Print, a statewide preservation magazine.
This
New Orleans-based organization seeks to preserve individual landmarks
and old neighborhoods as attractive areas to live and work. It publishes
a quarterly newsletter entitled "Preservation," conducts
tours of New Orleans neighborhoods and nearby plantations, and operates
the James
Pitot House as a historic house museum.
Preservation
organization focusing on Baton Rouge and the immediate vicinity.
Works to promote preservation of cultural and architectural heritage
of area through education, advocacy, and stewardship. Operates Old
Governor's Mansion and Magnolia Mound museums. Also administers
a heritage tour program and a variety of educational and awards
programs.
Calcasieu
Preservation Society
Preservation
organization dedicated to the preservation of buildings, monuments,
and districts of historical significance in Lake Charles and Calcasieu
Parish. The organization sponsored the addition of the Charpentier
Historic District (a neighborhood of Victorian-Edwardian era homes)
to the National Register of Historic Places. The society works closely
with the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation to identify,
document and mark (with plaques) significant local structures.
Garden
District Civic Association
An
example of a local civic association similar to others found throughout
the state, the Garden District Civic Association is a neighborhood
organization focusing upon all aspects of life in the Garden District
area of Baton Rouge. Preservation of the area's homes and environment
is a primary concern.
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