More About Louisiana Preservation Conference
Each year, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation and partners are proud to host the annual Louisiana Preservation Conference for tours, educational sessions and networking. The 43nd Annual Louisiana Preservation Conference will be held in Lafayette on April 4 & 5, 2024.
Events will be held at various locations, with the welcome and breakout educational sessions on Friday, April 5 being offered at the Lafayette Science Museum – 433 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501
Friday, April 5
7:00 to 9:00 a.m. – Networking Breakfast at the J. Arthur Roy House – 1204 Johnston Street – (Included in conference registration) Share information about your community, upcoming projects, opportunities, situations and success stories with building owners, consultants, Main Street managers and developers from around the state.
The following conference sessions will be held at the Lafayette Science Museum at 433 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501
9:30 to 10:15 – Welcome Ceremony
10:30 to 11:30 – First Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Louisiana Main Street Managers Meeting
Track 2 – Digital Preservation of Louisiana’s Rosenwald School – Megan S. Reed Cultural Heritage Preservationist, Technical Service
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Between 1912 and 1932, 395 schools were built for African American communities in rural Louisiana. These buildings became known as the “Rosenwald Schools” named after Julius Rosenwald, who along with Booker T. Washington invested in the construction of these schools. This presentation will explain the unique history of these buildings, how the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) utilizes their 3D technology to bring awareness and assistance to their communities to safeguard the remaining 19 buildings still left in the state. Audiences will learn how to access these resources and learn ways that 3D technology provides digital storytelling to the public.
Track 3 – Louisiana’s Register of Historic Cemeteries Program – Roundtable Discussion: Brian Davis – Louisiana Trust
Participate in a discussion about the upcoming Louisiana Register of Historic Cemeteries and how this program can be most effective for your region.
11:45 to 1:00 Luncheon – Rock’n’Bowl de Lafayette – 905 Jefferson Street
Discovering Southwest Louisiana
Alex Da’Paul Lee, Sr.
President – AlexGenealogy
Historian + Genealogist + Archivist
1:30 to 2:30 – Second Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Nominating and Updating National Register Listings :
Bailey Hall, Louisiana National Register Coordinator
Track 2 – Louisiana SPIRIT Program – LA Department of Health
The state’s Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) is recognized for its delivery of crisis counseling and stress management services that have supported Louisiana citizens since Hurricane Katrina (2005). The program’s model offers a non-clinical approach utilizing program staff who conduct outreach services that target populations most vulnerable to the effects of disaster (weather and pandemic) related incidences. Louisiana Spirit assists individuals in understanding their disaster related situation and reactions, mitigate stress, review their disaster recovery options, and provides general information on resources and other supports.
Track 3 – Strategies for historic preservation and contemporary design: A Master Plan for Spring Park
Every landscape has a story to tell. However, some layers of that narrative are sometimes hidden, and thus require a process of exploration to uncover the meaning and substance that characterizes its sense of place. For Spring Park in Denham Springs, a park that contains the original spring upon which the city was founded, this process utilized a mix of strategies in historic preservation and contemporary design to tell the rich and complex history of the site’s cultural and physical landscapes. Participants will learn the design process employed during Spring Park’s master planning efforts as a guide for how this approach might be implemented in their respective communities.
Brian Goad, PLA, ASLA – McKnight Landscape Architects
Hayden Hammons, PLA, ASLA – McKnight Landscape Architects
2:45 to 3:45 – Third Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Historic Preservation Fund Grants: The “Who should” and “How to” Apply
Karen JS McKinney, Architect, Grants Manager/Architectural Historian – LA Division of Historic Preservation
Track 2 – Surmounting Environmental Hurdles: Partnering Historic Tax Credits with LDEQ’s Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund:
Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfield Program Coordinator
Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ Brownfield Technical Liaison
Ashlyn Holmes, LDEQ Brownfield Project Manager
Track 3 – Louisiana Music Program
LACEY M. CHATAIGNIER – Louisiana Music Program Director -Office of Cultural Development | Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Events will be held at various locations, with the welcome and breakout educational sessions on Friday, April 5 being offered at the Lafayette Science Museum – 433 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501
Friday, April 5
7:00 to 9:00 a.m. – Networking Breakfast at the J. Arthur Roy House – 1204 Johnston Street – (Included in conference registration) Share information about your community, upcoming projects, opportunities, situations and success stories with building owners, consultants, Main Street managers and developers from around the state.
The following conference sessions will be held at the Lafayette Science Museum at 433 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501
9:30 to 10:15 – Welcome Ceremony
10:30 to 11:30 – First Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Louisiana Main Street Managers Meeting
Track 2 – Digital Preservation of Louisiana’s Rosenwald School – Megan S. Reed Cultural Heritage Preservationist, Technical Service
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Between 1912 and 1932, 395 schools were built for African American communities in rural Louisiana. These buildings became known as the “Rosenwald Schools” named after Julius Rosenwald, who along with Booker T. Washington invested in the construction of these schools. This presentation will explain the unique history of these buildings, how the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) utilizes their 3D technology to bring awareness and assistance to their communities to safeguard the remaining 19 buildings still left in the state. Audiences will learn how to access these resources and learn ways that 3D technology provides digital storytelling to the public.
Track 3 – Louisiana’s Register of Historic Cemeteries Program – Roundtable Discussion: Brian Davis – Louisiana Trust
Participate in a discussion about the upcoming Louisiana Register of Historic Cemeteries and how this program can be most effective for your region.
11:45 to 1:00 Luncheon – Rock’n’Bowl de Lafayette – 905 Jefferson Street
Discovering Southwest Louisiana
Alex Da’Paul Lee, Sr.
President – AlexGenealogy
Historian + Genealogist + Archivist
1:30 to 2:30 – Second Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Nominating and Updating National Register Listings :
Bailey Hall, Louisiana National Register Coordinator
Track 2 – Louisiana SPIRIT Program – LA Department of Health
The state’s Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) is recognized for its delivery of crisis counseling and stress management services that have supported Louisiana citizens since Hurricane Katrina (2005). The program’s model offers a non-clinical approach utilizing program staff who conduct outreach services that target populations most vulnerable to the effects of disaster (weather and pandemic) related incidences. Louisiana Spirit assists individuals in understanding their disaster related situation and reactions, mitigate stress, review their disaster recovery options, and provides general information on resources and other supports.
Track 3 – Strategies for historic preservation and contemporary design: A Master Plan for Spring Park
Every landscape has a story to tell. However, some layers of that narrative are sometimes hidden, and thus require a process of exploration to uncover the meaning and substance that characterizes its sense of place. For Spring Park in Denham Springs, a park that contains the original spring upon which the city was founded, this process utilized a mix of strategies in historic preservation and contemporary design to tell the rich and complex history of the site’s cultural and physical landscapes. Participants will learn the design process employed during Spring Park’s master planning efforts as a guide for how this approach might be implemented in their respective communities.
Brian Goad, PLA, ASLA – McKnight Landscape Architects
Hayden Hammons, PLA, ASLA – McKnight Landscape Architects
2:45 to 3:45 – Third Concurrent Session
Track 1 – Historic Preservation Fund Grants: The “Who should” and “How to” Apply
Karen JS McKinney, Architect, Grants Manager/Architectural Historian – LA Division of Historic Preservation
Track 2 – Surmounting Environmental Hurdles: Partnering Historic Tax Credits with LDEQ’s Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund:
Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfield Program Coordinator
Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ Brownfield Technical Liaison
Ashlyn Holmes, LDEQ Brownfield Project Manager
Track 3 – Louisiana Music Program
LACEY M. CHATAIGNIER – Louisiana Music Program Director -Office of Cultural Development | Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Date & Time
April 5, 2024
7:00am - 3:45pm
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