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SAVE THE DATESept 21, 2015 Albrizio Capitol Park Museum Baton Rouge, LA

Nov 3 - 6, 2015 PAST/FORWARD National Trust Annual Conference Washington D.C.

May 11, 2016 LTHP Soiree in Covington

May 12, 2016 LA Annual Preservation Conference Southern Hotel Covington, LA

LA Trust Fall Ramble / Shreveport to be announced...

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FALL 2015 NEWSLETTER

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Letter from the President

Michael EcholsPresident

Offi cers:Michael EcholsPresident • Monroe, LA

Dan Seymour, PhDVice President • Natchitoches, LA

Richard GibbsSecretary • New Roads, LA

David BroussardTreasurer • Baton Rouge, LA

Board Members:Sonya LaComb-Boudreaux • Lafayette, LAxW. Lane Callaway • Shreveport, LAyDelbert W. Chumley • Shreveport, LAyCharlotte Lowry Collins • Slidell, LAJohn Denison • Monroe, LAParicia Duncan • Baton Rouge, LADarryl Gissel • Baton Rouge, LAKristine Hebert • Plaquemine, LAGary Joiner, PhD • Shreveport, LAGregory Jones • Pineville, LASand Marmillion • Vacherie, LADonna Richard • Lake Charles, LAMelanie Ricketts • Hammond, LAMatt Young • Lake Charles, LAg

Staff Sherry McInnis

Ex-Offi cio Offi cers: Phil BogganAssistant SecretaryDCRT, Offi ce of Culture DevelopmentNicole Hobson Morris Executive DirectorLouisiana Division of Historic PreservationDCRT Offi ce of Cultural Development Ray W. ScriberDirector, Louisiana Main StreetLouisiana Division of Historic PreservationDCRT Offi ce of Cultural DevelopmentJames LoganNational Trust AdvisorJean Sayres National Trust AdvisorWinnie Byrd Advisor Emeritus Sue Turner Advisor Emeritus

Board of Directors

Dear Friend of Preservation,

We appreciate your continued support of our ongoing eff orts throughout the state. Th is year the preservation community joined forces to educate our state leaders about the economic benefi ts of historic preservation. Our organization along with state-wide partners was able toensure that the restoration tax credit for commercial structures was left in place for a number of years.

Th e LTHP is coming off a very successful event in Lake Charles of the LA Annual Preservation Conference with credit and appreciation to the Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society for their generous sponsorship. Th ere are numerous individuals and groups that pulled this great meeting together, but I would be remiss if I didn’t specifi cally note the eff orts for the Garden Soiree hosted by Donna and Rick Richard as well as their eff orts to make this entire conference a massive success with Donna as chairwoman. Without faithful, dedicated, and visionary volunteers like Donna and Rick, the LTHP would not be able to do the work it does across our state. Th ank you, Lake Charles for all that you are doing in preservation.

Following up on the success in Lake Charles, there are big plans for 2016 with our next Annual Conference that will be held on May 12, 2016 in downtown Covington at the Southern Hotel. Th is beautiful boutique hotel and event center was recognized at the conference as a SuccessStory being restored by Lisa Condrey Ward and has received glowing reviews for hospitality and place.

Th ere will be a few other events for keeping an eye out in the fall starting with our Fall Ramblein Shreveport slated for Sunday, November 1. Invites will go out in September and we hope you will be able to attend.

On the political front, be sure to discuss with the candidates who are running for state-wide election their position on historic preservation. Having partners who see preservation as agreat tool for community development is a must. On the political note we want to congratulateour colleague at the LA Division of Historic Preservation, Phil Boggan, for his appointment by Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne to Assistant Secretary, Offi ce of Cultural Development.

We appreciate and need your support of LTHP. Feel free to join, donate, or fi nd moreinformation by logging on to our web site www.lthp.org.

My best,

Michael Echols,President, LTHP

My best,

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2015 Louisiana Culture AwardsddTh e Offi ce of Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and the Offi ce of Cultural Development, in partnership with the LouisianaStates Art Council, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, Louisiana Archaeological Survey and AntiquitiesCommission, Louisiana Folk Life Commission, Council for the Development of French in Louisiana and Capitol Park Museum co-sponsored the LA Culture Connection on April 14-15, 2015.

Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne (left) presenting his specialaward Passion for Culture to Michael Echols of Monroe.

Lt. Governor Dardenne presents his special Lifetime Achievementin Historic Preservation Award to Winnie Byrd of Baton Rouge.

2015 Preservationist of the Year Gary Moore of DeQuincy(rt.) receiving his award from Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne (left) along side Michael Echols, LTHP President; and Nicole H-Morris, ED; LA Division of Historic Preservation.

Bogalusa Main Street received the Main Street Award which was accepted by Main Street Manager, Robin Day (rt.) andRepresentative Harold Ritchie (left) of Bogalusa, Lt. GovernorDardenne, (center), Michael Echols (rt.), Nicole H-Morris, and RayScriber (rt.) Main Street Director; LA Division of Historic Preservation.

The Preservation Education Award presented to Magnolia Mound Plantation is accepted by Mary Katherine Merchant,(left) VolunteerCoordinator, and Patricia McCarthy, (rt.) Education Coordinator by Lt.Gov. Dardenne (rt.) alongside Michael Echols, and Nicole H-Morris.

Lisa Condrey of Covington receiving the Preservation HeritageAward for Southern Hotel in Covington from Lt. GovernorDardenne (left) along side Michael Echols, LTHP President; andNicole H-Morris, ED: LA Div. of Historic Preservation.

Michael Echols and Winnie Byrd Receive Special Awards from Lt. Governor at Culture Connection

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in the Upland South region that is now largely forgotten.

Everyone is invited to attend this celebration at Talbert-

Pierson Cemetery, meet the individuals being honored

and discover this unique bit of Upland South burial

culture. Th e Cemetery is located one mile past 498

Talbert Cemetery Road, at the Pine Grove United

Methodist Church. For more information, please contact

the Vernon Parish Tourism Commission at 337-238-

0783, ext. 103, or email to vernontourism@bellsouth.net.

Louisiana Property Makes National Trust

“Most Endangered Historic Places” List

Listed as endangered in 2015, the Carrollton Courthouse

in New Orleans is under threat of demolition.

Th e Carrollton Courthouse served as the seat of

government for Jeff erson Parish until the City of

Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874. It

is one of the most important public buildings from

Carrollton’s days as an independent city and is one of the

city’s most signifi cant landmarks in New Orleans located

outside of the French Quarter.

In the early 1950s, the community and the nonprofi t

group Louisiana Landmarks Society staved off a

demolition threat that led to the courthouse’s rebirth as

a school. From 1957 to 2013, it housed a series of public

schools, including Benjamin Franklin High School, the

fi rst New Orleans public high school to integrate in 1963.

Now, this stately Greek Revival building, designed by

one of New Orleans’ most noteworthy architects, Henry

Howard, is threatened with an uncertain future as the

Orleans Parish School Board prepares to sell it with no

preservation safeguards in place.

Join the National Trust and Louisiana Landmarks

Society in speaking up for the Carrollton Courthouse’s

priceless heritage. Sign our petition! More information

on ways to take action can be found at www.

saveCarrolltonCourthouse.com.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Carrollton Courthouse

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NEWS BRIEFS

Lt. Gov. Dardenne Appoints New Culture Chief

Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne has announced Phil Boggan

as the head of the Offi ce of Cultural Development.

Boggan previously served as deputy assistant secretary

of OCD under his predecessor, Pam Breaux, who left to

become the CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts

Agencies.

“Phil Boggan has served the Offi ce of Cultural

Development ably as its deputy chief for a number of

years, and I have full confi dence that the offi ce will

continue to thrive under his leadership,” Lt. Governor

Dardenne said.

Boggan has been with the Department of Culture,

Recreation and Tourism since 2002. In that time he

has served as deputy assistant secretary of the Offi ce of

Cultural Development, head of the Division of Historic

Preservation and director of the Louisiana Main Street

program. Boggan holds a master’s degree in preservation

studies from Tulane University.

Th e Offi ce of Cultural Development comprises the

Division of the Arts, Division of Historic Preservation,

Division of Archaeology and Council for the

Development of French in Louisiana. For the latest

information, follow the Louisiana Offi ce of Cultural

Development on Facebook.

Talbert-Pierson Cemetery Morning Reception

Th e Vernon Parish Tourism Commission will be hosting

a morning reception at the Talbert-Pierson Cemetery on

Saturday, October 3rd at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.

Th is reception will recognize Mr. Joe Dionne, Mrs.

Martha Palmer, and Mr. Bobby Bordelon of Lamar Salter

Technical Institute for their recent restoration eff orts at

the Talbert-Pierson Cemetery, as well as the Pine Grove

United Methodist Church, for being such good stewards

of the property. Th e tourism commission will be

presenting each with a plaque.

Th e Talbert-Pierson Cemetery was listed on the National

Register of Historic Places on May 9,. 2003. It is the site

of 13 rare wooden grave houses, examples of a tradition

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Phil Boggan

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2015 LA Annual Preservation ConferenceTh e 36th LA Annual Preservation Conference was held on May 13-14, 2015 in Lake Charles and hosted by the Louisiana

Trust for Historic Preservation, the LA State Division of Preservation and the Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society. Th is

most successful conference was chaired by Donna Richard, LTHP Board Member and held at the historical Calcasieu Marine

National Bank. Th e conference keynote speaker was Mary Anthony, Executive Director, 1772 Foundation. Th e 2014 Most

Endangered and Success Stories were presented at the luncheon at the historical Charleston Hotel by Michael Echols, LTHP

President, and was prepared by Lane Callaway, Most Endangered Chairman.

Keynote Speaker Mary Anthony, 1772 Foundation, ED, opens the conference inthe grand banking hall of the CMNB with walls of variegated zenitherm blocks of coral pink, buff , and grey, which features four chandeliers, 14 sconces and 22colossal order Corinthian pillars that highlight an eagle on each elevation. Theelaborate coff ered ceiling is enriched with various sorts of bold moldings.

Long term preservationists and friends Carol Layton Parsons, Monroe and Sue Turner, BatonRouge reunite.

Matt Young, Board and Conference CommitteeMember, Lake Charles, attending the MostEndangered and Success Stories Presentation at the luncheon at the Charleston Hotel

Board Member Patricia Duncan, Baton Rouge; and National Trust Adviser, Jean Sayres, Shreveport visiting at the conferenceluncheon at the historical Charleston Hotel.

(left to right)Lake Charlespreservationists Lori Manovich, Donna Richard, 2015 Annual Conference Chairman with Rick Richard, and Diane McCarthycatching up .

(left to right) John Denison, Board Member, Monroe, Winnie Byrd LTHP Adviser Emeritis, Baton Rouge, and former board member A.C. Bourdier, Lake Charles join in the fun aboard the Lady on the Lake.

Mary Cleland Owen, David and Cammie Norwood, Eleanor and Glenn Thomas, St. Francisville; are enjoying the conference home tour in the Lake Charles historical district .

The Historic Calcasieu Marine National Bank was built in 1928 andis listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a one of a group of buildings in Lake Charles designed by the noted New Orleansarchitectural fi rm of Favrot and Livadais.

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2014 Most Endangered PropertiesEach year from 1999 through 2014, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation has solicited nominations for a MostEndangered listing with Preservation Success Stories beginning in 2011. For 1999 through 2014, there have been 115 historicproperties listed as Most Endangered throughout Louisiana including a few historic properties that have been repeatingmultiple years. For 2011 through 2014, there have been 67 historic properties listed as Preservation Success Stories. Properties overtime have included buildings, bridges, sites (like cemeteries), street scrapes, and even historic districts. Beginning 2013,Louisiana Trust began to capture the use of federal and Louisiana historic tax credits used for preservation projects. In2013 only three projects nominated for Preservation Success Stories refl ect use of these tax credits. For the 2014 nomination cycle, 11 of the 17 nominations – or 65 percent – used tax credits. Beginning in 2011-2012, Louisiana Trust expanded thesolicitation for nominations from the Louisiana Trust’s board and the general public to include nominations from community and parish elected appointed offi cials; Main Street Directors, historic property owners, architects, developers, and historic preservation organization throughout Louisiana.

by W. Lane Callaway

City Name Year NRHP NominatorCaddo ParishShreveport Ogilvie Grocery ca1890 No Lane Callaway

Shreveport Arlington Hotel 1914 No Lane Callaway

Shreveport B’Nai Zion Temple 1914 Yes Lane Callaway

Shreveport Hamilton Terrace School 1925 No Lane Callaway

Iberville ParishPlaquemine Plaquemine Locks 1909 No Joyce Hebert

Rapides ParishAlexandria Rosalie Sugar Mill 1850 Yes Sarah N. Mason

Pineville Huey P. Long Hospital Administrative Annex 1965 No Paul Smith

St Landry ParishOpelousas Southern Club 1949 No Jennifer Guidry 

Lafayette ParishLafayette Merchant Grocer 1892 No* Sonya LaComb

*National Register Eligibility Questionnaire submitted

Orleans ParishNew Orleans Roundtree House 1869 No Ivan Mandich 

Ouachita ParishMonroe E.A. Conway Hospital 1941 No Michael Echols

Tangipahoa ParishHammond Randal House 1896 No "Hammond Historic District"

Hammond Wascom House 1897 No

Vernon ParishLeesville Grant Homestead ca1890 No Kayla Wells

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Th e St. James Historical Society with assistance from St. James Parish has successfully moved two buildings

from their location on the River Road to their new home at the St. James Welcome Center on Airline Highway.

Th e old pharmacy required the removal of

part of the roof in order clear overhead wires.

When the new piers were completed, the raft ers were

rebuilt and a new corrugated roof was added.

Once the pharmacy is weather-proofed, work can

begin on the interior.

A new foundation was laid to provide a stable

base and the house was cribbed while new piers

were constructed.

Th e Paulina Post offi ce was also relocated and it too,

had a new foundation and piers.

Update: St. James Historical Society

Th ere is still a great deal of work to be done on the interiors of the buildings and the collection will need to

be edited and reinstalled. Th e St. James Society will need to secure additional funding to move forward with

these next phases. St. James Society President, Joe Samrow, is hopeful that the relocation of the buildings will

stimulate donations.

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240th Year Commemoration 1775-2015

William Bartram Trail Dedication Baton Rouge - On September 8-13, 2015 the Friends of LSU Hilltop Arboretum with the Bartram Trail Conference will commemorate the240th anniversary of naturalist William Bartram’s visit to Louisiana with the dedication of fi ve historical markers and a re-dedication of oneoriginally placed in 1976. Th e culmination of this community-wide event will be a lecture by British author Andrea Wulf on her award-winning book “Founding Gardeners: Th e Revolutionary Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation” on Sunday, September 13,2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the EBRP Main Library on Goodwood Blvd. “Founding Gardeners” was on the New York Times Best Seller List and praised as‘illuminating and engrossing.’

LSU Hilltop Arboretum spearheaded the event in cooperation with the Bartram Trail Conference. Hilltop Director Peggy Coates, Michele Deshotels, Pam Sulzer, and Southern Garden History Society board member Randy Harelson comprise the committee. Event partners include the EBRP Public Library, Burden Horticulture Society, Beauregard Town Civic Association, Downtown Development District, Louisiana Trust for HistoricPreservation, Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Historical Society, Zachary Historical Archives, Plains Presbyterian Church and St.Francis Chapel.

Dedication Events - William Bartram was America’s fi rst native-born naturalist artist and the fi rst author in the modern genre of writers who portrayed nature through personal experience and scientifi c observation. Each marker includes a quote from Bartram’s book “Travels” that describes the natural, eighteenth century environment he found in Louisiana (See Marker Quotes). Dedication ceremonies will be unique to each site and held in the sequence in which Bartram traveled through the Greater Baton Rouge Area.Louisiana’s William Bartram Trail • 240th Year Commemoration 1775-2015

Schedule of Events (for more information go to website: www.lsu.edu/hilltop)

Louisiana’s William Bartram Trail is a project led by the Friends of LSU Hilltop Arboretum, www.lsu.edu/hilltopin cooperation with the Bartram Trail Conference in Georgia, bartramtrailconference.wildapricot.org. gg

Pointe Coupee Bartram Trail Marker Dedication St. Francis Chapel, 10364 Pointe Coupee Road, New Roads5 pm Tour St. Francis Chapel5:30 pm Dedication6pm Saturday Vigil Mass at St. Francis Chapel circa 1890 (fi rst church dedicated 1738)

Saturday September 12

Opening Event Old Governor’s Mansion, 502 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge6:30 (6 pm Refreshments)

Thursday September 3

Burden Bartram Trail Marker DedicationLSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens,4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge 5:30pm Dedication

Wednesday September 9

Hilltop Bartram Trail Marker DedicationHilltop Arboretum, Beverly Brown Coates Auditorium,11855 Highland Road, Baton Rouge 5:30 pm Dedication

Tuesday September 8

Hilltop Bartram Trail Marker DedicationEast Baton Rouge Parish Library, Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge3:30 pm Dedication4-5pm Reception and Book Signing, Photographic Society Exhibition, Lagniappe Dulcimer Society5pm “The Founding Gardeners”, author Andrea Wulf speaks on the importance of WilliamBartram and his father John and the founding of the American republic

Sunday September 13

Hilltop Bartram Trail Marker Dedication1-2pm Open House at the Zachary Archives in Old Town Hall, 4410 Florida Street, and the nearby Depot circa 1890, 1-5pm Visit the Buhler-Plains Cemetery, established 1826, site of the fi rst Plains Presbyterian Church, located on LA964 near the corner of LA64. 1-5pm Tour Annison Plantation circa 1813 with period music, 21475 Old Scenic Highway (LA964)4-5:30 pm Visit the Heritage Room at Plains Presbyterian Church, 22929 Old Scenic Highway (LA 964),5:30 Dedication of the Plains Bartram Trail Marker at Plains Presbyterian Church with historian Betty Tucker

Friday September 11

Downtown Bartram Trail Marker DedicationSouth Boulevard Trailhead, near the junction of the Riverfront Promenade and the Levee BikePath. Parking available nearby under the I-10Mississippi River Bridge5:30 pm Dedication

Thursday September 10

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Success Stories

City            Name                                   Year     Repurposed              "Tax Credits " NRHP      Nominator      

Caddo Parish

Shreveport       Hose Tower 1922       Kallenberg Artistry Residency                   o                         Yes, 1991          Pam Atchitson          

Shreveport       News Agency                       1914     Commercial offi ces                                   Yes               No           Lane Callaway                    

Shreveport       107 Spring St.                       1951   Graphic artist, commercialprinting            

No                 No           Lane Callaway                    

East Baton Rouge Parish

Baton Rouge     Craft sman style   1918       639 Lakeland Drive /Spanish    Town        

Yes               No           Ramsey Green                    

Baton Rouge     Craft sman Style 1922       643 Lakeland Drive/Spanish    Town          

Yes               No           Ramsey Green                    

Livingston Parish

Springfi eld         Carter House                       1817       Event Center                                              No                 No           Vickie Robinson                      

Albany             Hungarian Village School  

1906       Hungarian Settlement Museum                  

Yes               Yes, 2001     Alex and Royanna Kropog      

Orleans Parish  

New Orleans     Polymnia-Baronne               1926       Tulane U. School of Architecture              

Yes               No           Deborah McClain                      

New Orleans     PolyBar Project (both)            1924       Ashe' Cultural Center         "                         es               No           Deborah McClain  

New Orleans     Dryades Market                   1912     SoFAB                                                 Yes               No           Elizabeth Williams                        

New Orleans     McDonogh 16                       1909     Residential apartments                                es                       No           Joseph Stebbins II                        

Myrtle Banks     Myrtle Banks School             1910       Food market/ offi ce space                          es                      No           Jonathan Leit                           

Ouachita ParishMonroe             Sears Building                     1920 Offi ce building,Affi nity Corp.

Annex         Yes               No           Michael Echols                            

St. John the Baptist Parish

Wallace           Whitney Plantation     Circa 1790

Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum        

No             Yes, 1992             Sand Marmillion               

St. Tammany Parish

Slidell             Baker Saloon Building         1911       Artist co-op; marketplace                                                           No           Dawn Sharpe-Brackett                                  

Slidell             Notting Hill                           1892       Law offi ce                                                 ...                     No           Laura Mauff ray Borchert                            

West Feliciana Parish

Weyanoke     "Planter's Church ”(St. Mary's Episcopal Church)           

1857       Event center          No   Yes, 1980     Winnie Byrd                   

2014 Most Endangered Properties (cont’d(( )dd

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Garden Soiree Celebrated at the home of Preservationists

Rick and Chair, Donna Richard hosted the LA Trust Garden Soiree at their lovely home on May 14 honoring Lake

Charles Preservation Champions Willie Mount, Mavis Raggio, Matilda Stream, Ada Vincent and Ann Rosteet

Hurley (posthumously).

Rick and Donna Richard

T d h l l h h k

Michael Echols, LA Trust President, congratulates the honored and highly esteemed Preservation Champions (lt.-rt.) WillieMount, Matilda Stream and Mavis Raggio for their dedication,long term service and achievement in the fi eld of preservation.

Bill Shearman, Lake Charles, son of Preservationist Champion,Ada Vincent, accepted her award in her absence from City of LakeCharles Mayor Randy Roach.

All enjoyed the spectacularly beautiful Garden Soiree from the garden to inside the lovely Richard home.

Monte Hurley accepted Preservationist Champion Ann Rosteet Hurley’s award posthumously along withgrandchildren Miranda Hurley (left) and James Hurley.

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Aft er three years of hard work, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation (LTHP) is almost ready to establish a

statewide Revolving Fund. Startup fi nances are in place, and the search for a Revolving Fund Director has begun.

Th e purpose of a revolving fund is to save as many endangered historic buildings as possible. Briefl y, it does this by

acquiring commercial structures or houses through option, donation or purchase at the lowest possible price. Th e

fund then searches for new owners while stabilizing the buildings to prevent further damage. Th e fund can also fl ip

structures in their “as is” condition. In either case, the fund adds protective covenants to the deeds before relinquishing

ownership. Th e new owners then rehabilitate the buildings to meet their business or residential needs. Th e goal is

to sell the properties for more money than the cost of acquisition and stabilization, thus making a small profi t and

growing the fund. At fi rst, all profi ts should be poured back into acquisition and stabilization so that the revolving

fund can continue to grow. Later, when the project reaches the right level of success, a percentage of the fund’s profi ts

can be used to provide a sustainable income for the fund’s sponsoring organization.

Th e Louisiana Trust began exploring the creation of a Revolving Fund aft er National Trust advisor and board

member Jean Sayres of Shreveport raised the possibility in 2012. To gather information, the board reached out to

J. Myrick Howard, president of Preservation North Carolina, who agreed to serve as the 2013 annual conference’s

keynote speaker. Preservation North Carolina is one of the most successful revolving funds in the nation. Continued

discussions with Howard and the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Offi ce cemented the board’s decision to move

forward with fund raising and the search for a knowledgeable person to lead the project.

A revolving fund director must be a dynamic and assertive individual willing to wear many hats. He or she must

have a comprehensive knowledge of real estate; fund raising and budgeting, and public speaking. Equally important,

the director must have experience in specifi cation preparation, construction techniques, the Secretary of the Interior’s

Standards for Rehabilitation, and project management. Familiarity with the region’s architectural and historical

patrimony is also desired. Additionally, the fund director must have the confi dence and presence to convince property

donors and buyers, the state’s fi nancial communities, and potential professional and lay volunteers of the fund’s worth.

A committee composed of four board members is leading the director search. Its members include Sonya LaComb

Boudreaux of Lafayette, Patricia Duncan and Darryl Gissel of Baton Rouge, and Richard Gibbs of New Roads. Duncan

serves as chairperson of the committee.

Revolving Fund Updateby Patricia L. Duncan