New Orleans and CBD HDLC

09/23/2026

1009 Poydras St
Maylie’s Restaurant (now Copper Vine)
Maylies Restaurant is believed to have been built in 1894, in the Edwardian style, as a residential building for the owners, Bernard and Hypoloe Maylie. The building was located across the street from the Poydras Market which occupied the center of Poydras Street from 1837 until 1932, when it was demolished.
The building is also one of the last remaining structures on Poydras Street whose age and scale reminds us of another time when this area was dominated by the Poydras Market.
HDLC staff found that the building met three of the four criteria for designation and on September 8, 1977, the Commission recommended that the building be designated as a local landmark.

09/23/2026

09/22/2026

St. Joseph’s Church
1802 Tulane Ave.

St. Joseph’s Church, one of the largest and most impressive 19th century buildings in New Orleans, was built between 1869 and 1892. On July14, 1977 the staff of the HDLC found that St. Joseph’s met three of the four categories required for designation. Note that the towers present in the architect’s drawings and the rendering from 1875 (slide 13) were never built.

09/18/2026

Thank you so much to the City Archives & Special Collections for hosting our 50th anniversary Open House. They pulled so many great pieces from our archives and did an excellent presentation on using our archives at the main library to research the history of buildings and neighborhoods. 🙌 and thank you to everyone who came out!!!

09/15/2026

Riverboat captain Milton P. Doullut designed and built two identical houses which are among the most fascinating and unique structures in a city known for it’s outstanding architecture.
The design of the houses appears to be influenced by the Golden Pavilion, the Japanese exhibition building at the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis and the architecture of steamboat houses.
On January 4, 1977, the Steamboat Houses were two of the first three buildings designated as landmarks by the newly formed HDLC. The Commission found that the houses each met the requirements of three of the four areas of criteria determining landmark qualification.

09/11/2026

The Pitot House at 1440 Moss Street was designated as the HDLC’s first landmark building on January 4, 1977. Built ca. 1799, the house was threatened with demolition in 1963. The Louisiana Landmarks Society took ownership of the building at that time and moved the structure from 1370 Moss Street to 1440 Moss Street. The building is still home to the Louisiana Landmarks Society and is a house museum and event space.

09/08/2026

HDLC Principal Architectural Historian Yvette Jett will be holding office hours at the PRC on September 11th from 2-4. THe HDLC also provides office hours every day, Monday- Friday from 9am to 4pm on the 7th floor of City Hall or you can call us at 504-658-7040. We are here to help.

09/03/2026

New Orleans HDLC celebrates its 50th Anniversary!

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission (NOHDLC), St. Charles Avenue Historic District and the Lower Garden District were created along with the passage of Ordinance #5992 M.C.S. in the summer of 1976.

To mark this milestone, the New Orleans Public Library City Archives & Special Collections takes a look at the history of the HDLC, its formation, growth, and work protecting New Orleans’ architectural history via their collection of HDLC archival material.
https://nolacityarchives.org/2026/08/21/the-historic-district-landmarks-commission/ .tab=0
Please join us for an Open House to celebrate 50 years of protecting New Orleans architectural history on September 18, 2026.

Special thanks to Brittanny Silva and Christina Bryant of the New Orleans Public Library for their assistance with this project.

08/24/2026

August 27, 2026 - Navigating the HDLC. Getting building permits is complicated. HDLC is here to help.

The Preservation Resource Center partners with the Historic District Landmarks Commission to offer this free course designed to help property …

08/18/2026

https://prcno.org/st-alphonsus-church-designated-a-local-landmark/