Alexandria Historic Preservation Commission

04/13/2017

Registration is now open for the 2017 Annual Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation Conference to take place at the Hotel Bentley this year. Here's your chance to expand your knowledge of preservation and meet the state's preservation professionals. Let's get some local attendance!

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02/23/2017

Don't miss this major preservation event, taking place in our hometown! To stay posted on registration for the conference, visit https://lthp.org/ or connect with them on Facebook Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation.

01/12/2017

Thinking about getting rid of an old property this year? After reading this, you might consider holding on to it just a bit longer.

01/09/2017

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse I 1933 I Alexandria LA
One of Alexandria’s best examples of Depression-era Art Deco
style. Designed by Shreveport architect, Edward Neild, with supervision from James A. Wetmore, Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. It was constructed under the Public Buildings Act and Federal Employment Stabilization Act, precursors to the Works Progress Administration program. It contains three stories, a basement and a penthouse. The exterior base is composed of pearl white granite, with exterior walls clad in smooth, buff colored limestone. Two-story wings flank the larger, nine-bay central portion of the building, featuring chamfered corners at the roofline. Facts taken from "Historic Walking Tour of Alexandria-Pineville" brocure, Alexandria Historic Preservation Commission

10/18/2016

10/05/2016

Adaptive reuse should be the default, and demolition the last resort. Learn more about our work to revive America's cities with historic preservation.

09/29/2016

Residents say the brick streets of the Garden District are part of its charm. What is their future?

09/21/2016

Thanks to the new accessibility of Central Louisiana's historic newspapers through the Rapides Parish Library website, we've been utilizing this amazing resource to do a little architectural research on Alexandria's Guaranty Bank building, now the Capital One building on 3rd Street, which was designed by distinguished New Orleans architect, Emile Weil (evidenced by a June 4, 1921 article from the Weekly Town Talk!). Emile Weil designed a vast collection of buildings throughout New Orleans and the South, including many Saenger theatres.

Click on the following link to learn more about Emile Weil and his designs:

http://www.knowla.org/entry/795/

09/20/2016

Exciting news for local historians!

http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2016/09/19/rapides-parish-library-has-historical-cenla-newspapers-online/90700430/

Digitized editions of The Town Talk and other area publications from the 1800s and early 1900s are accessible.

09/09/2016

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365838549/

Jump to 21:20 for a fascinating look into the historic context of the Hotel Bentley!

Back by popular demand, I am travelling the countryside to find some of Louisiana's top travel destinations. Dip a hook at Toledo Bend Reservoir, the number one lake for bass fishing in the country for the past two years. Preservationists in Alexandria have reopened the historic Hotel Bentley. This…

08/22/2016

One feature common to many houses of the 18th and early 19th centuries is wide-plank floorboards. To find out why, we have to turn to American history.

07/22/2016

Great article on the preservation, history, and future of Florence Avenue:

http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2016/07/21/mansion-row-could-return-some-fashion/85567468/

It takes only one person to start a ripple effect and create change. That's the idea behind historic preservation.