Resources

Resources

Local Preservation and History:

• Louisiana History Museum
• Historical Association of Central Louisiana
• Alexandria Retrospective
• Historic Hotel Bentley
• The Kent House
• Forts Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site
• Southern Forest Heritage Museum

Preservation Organizations in Louisiana:

• Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office
• Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation
• Foundation for Historical Louisiana
• Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches
• Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
• Shreveport Historical Preservation Society

National Preservation Organizations:

• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
• National Register of Historic Places
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation
• US ICOMOS

Financing Historic Preservation Projects:

• State and Federal Tax Incentives for Historic Preservation
• Property Tax Abatement
• Tax Credits and Religious Structures
• Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency in existing home

Preservation Resources:

• The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
  Federal guidelines for preserving, restoring, rehabbing and reconstructing historic structures
• National Park Service: Preservation Briefs
  Provides guidance on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic structures
• National Park Service: Preservation Tech Notes
  Information on traditional building practices and new technologies as related to maintaining and preserving historic buildings and cultural resources
• Preservation Green Lab
  Explores the value that older buildings bring to their communities, and pioneers policy solutions that make it easier to reuse and green older and historic buildings
• The American Institute for Conservation
• The Association for Preservation Technology
• PreservationDirectory.com: Preservation Library

Mid-Century Modern:

• Alexandria Post-War Suburbs Historic District
• Mid Century Style
• Save the Pink Bathrooms
• The Mid-Century Modernist
• Atomic Ranch
• Retro Renovation
• Houston MCM Historic District Worth the Wait                        
• MCM Glenbrook Valley HD

Cemetery Preservation:

• Central Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery Preservation
• NCPTT Cemetery Conservation
• Save our Cemeteries

Architectural Research in Louisiana:

• Louisiana National Register Properties Database
• LSUA Archives and Central Louisiana Collection
• Cammie G. Henry Research Center, NSU
• Louisiana Architecture Handbook on Styles
• Southeastern Architectural Archives, Tulane University
• William King Stubbs Architectural Archives, Louisiana Tech University
• Historic New Orleans Collection
• Louisiana Digital Library
• WhatWasThere - Alexandria, LA