• • Find your representatives and express your views on important preservation issues

• List your property or community on the National Register of Historic Places
• Apply for a Louisiana Historic Marker 

• Grant resource database as prepared by Atchafalaya National Heritage Area  
• National Park Service
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
  • NPS Historic Preservation Grants

• “Resilient Heritage: Protecting Your Historic Home from Natural Disasters”

There are multiple documents available to help guide historic preservation in adapting buildings to be more resilient to natural hazards.

FEMA Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings

National Flood Insurance Program Bulletin: Historic Structures

Federal Flood Risk Management Standards

FEMA Wet Floodproofing Requirements and Limitations 

Flood Damage-Resistant Materials Requirements

Requirements for Flood Openings in Walls in Special Flood Zones

User’s Guide to FEMA Technical Bulletins

Funding

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

FEMA Assistance for Governments and Private Non-Profits After a Disaster

FEMA Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation

FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities

FEMA Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program

• LA State and Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credits
• LA USDA Rural Development Programs
• Southern University Law Center’s Real Estate and Housing Clinic – Assistance with getting a clear title 
• LA Department of Environmental Quality
  • Brownfields Program
  • Voluntary Remediation Program
  • Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund

• EPA Guide to Protect Your Family From Lead Exposure
• National Park Service Preservation Brief: Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards
• EPA Information About Buildings Containing Asbestos
• EPA Information About Identifying and Protecting From Asbestos Exposure

• • Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
  • Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
  • Louisiana’s Main Street Network

• Historic Sites, Museuems, & Virutal Tours

• Database of Louisiana sites on the National Register of Historic Places
• Historic American Buildings Survey – Library of Congress
• Historic New Orleans Collection
• Louisiana Digital Library
• Louisiana’s Living New Deal – New Deal Projects
• Louisiana State Archives
• Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
• Louisiana State Library
• Louisiana State Museum –Database
• Researching Your Historic House
• Southeastern Architectural Archive – Tulane University

• Database of Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
• LA Division of Historic Preservation – Preservation Resources List
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) – Natchitoches
• Preservation Briefs – National Park Service topics on construction

• Find more resources and preservation tools on our growing YouTube Channel