New Orleans Field Office
New Orleans Field Office
The New Orleans Field Office serves New Orleans, Louisiana.
Walter Gallas, Director
923 Tchoupitoulas Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Phone: 504-636-3048
Fax: 504-636-3074
Email: walter_gallas@nthp.org
The New Orleans Field Office is located in the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans. The field office provides leadership, information, and aid to prevent the unneccesary loss of historic buildings during the recovery efforts underway in the New Orleans area. We also monitor governmental agencies for compliance with preservation laws and propose new laws and policies that would promote preservation.
Announcement
The National Trust for Historic Preservation's field office in New Orleans -- opened in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina -- will close at the end of September. While the economic reality of the current recession is forcing us to make this decision, we remain committed to the long term recovery of the city and to the preservation of its historic resources. Learn more »
Important Links
Notes from New Orleans on the PreservationNation Blog 
Obama Team Can Use New Orleans Hospital Controversy as a Test Case
Written by Jack Davis
New Orleanians meeting with President Obama Thursday will be asking, as usual, for more federal money – for hurricane protection, to keep Louisiana’s wetlands from vanishing, to make housing affordable. This fragile city, in its fifth year of recovery from Hurricane Katrina, has no shortage of urgent needs.
But one critical need [...]
NOLA Project Ends with Goals Met, Friends Made — and a Call for More Volunteers
Written by Kevin Daniels
Day Five has arrived so quickly and we all look forward to it with a lot of trepidation. Will we get our assignments completed, and do we really have to say good bye to all of our new friends tonight?
The weather was glorious all day except for a small shower in [...]
New Orleans Volunteers Making Progress
Written by Kevin Daniels
It’s already Day Four of our New Orleans volunteer week and we can see the finish line but have a lot more we want to accomplish. The weather was great all day long, lots of sun and humidity but not overwhelming.
Our contractor team finished the sheathing on the roof and has [...]
NOLA Volunteer Projects Move from Stabilization to Reconstruction Phase
Written by Kevin Daniels
Day Three of our New Orleans volunteer project just flew by. Started out with lots of sun and humidity, and we only had one thunderstorm that rolled through mid day. Today the storm was welcome as it reduced the temperature by at least ten degrees for the afternoon.
Wednesday was our [...]
Volunteers in New Orleans Get Drenched, Remain Undaunted
Written by Kevin Daniels
My concern for Day Two of the New Orleans volunteer project was whether the team could retain the energy from Day One and push past the sore muscles. That turned out to be the least of the issues we faced.
The day started out great with lots of sun and the [...]
