Introduction

Additional Information

Useful Information for Historic Building Owners

Futher Reading & Research

Useful Internet Links

Staff

The Historic Building Recovery Grant Program operates out of offices in the Old U.S. Mint building in New Orleans as part of the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation. It provides monetary grants and oversight of repairs to historic buildings that suffered damage in hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005. The Program is funded by a grant from the U.S. National Park Service, authorized by Congress. Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, Dick Moe of the National Trust, and representatives of the Preservation Resource Center in New Orleans lobbied Congress for the federal funding, which was received in late 2006, with a second appropriation received in 2007. The Program is currently funded through the end of 2009.

A total of almost $19.3 million has been allocated to the program, and as of early January, 2009, almost $16 million had been paid out to owners of 565 historic buildings in Louisiana. Presently, however, no additional funds have been authorized, and so no new grant applications can be advertised.

With the allocated federal funds and the program staff’s expertise and dedication, the Historic Building Recovery Grant Program has provided a boost to the area’s recovery efforts, and is the only hurricane recovery program that specifically targets historic buildings.

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Contact Information: Address US Mint State Museum 400 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70116 Email hpgrantscallcenter@crt.la.gov Phone #: 504-568-2500 Toll Free #: 866-406-7043 Fax #: 504-568-2501

A Sign of Progress This sign will soon be placed in front of buildings being rehabilitated with grants from the Historic Building Recovery Grant Program.