Historic Projects of New Orleans, LLC

Holy Cross home ravaged by Ninth Ward flooding. Volunteers from other states chip into help.  David Dillard, President of HPNO,  explains the restoration plans for 5515 dauphine Street, a Ninth Ward home…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dillard, a preservation architect, was gratefully chosen by the Preservation Resource Center, a New Orleans Non-Profit, to restore and construct an addition onto the home.  “It was a heckuva small house but with the addition; quite livable” Dillard said. Here is a run through of the issues arising during an initial meeting with the out of state volunteers:

1. Refurbish existing windows  and doors.
2. Reuse materials where possible.
3. Level floor.