Historic Preservation in Louisiana (2026)
7 rules on the books across Louisiana, 7 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Historic-Cultural Monuments
How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.
Lafayette
Significant RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government designates historic districts and landmarks under Code of Ordinances §…
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Significant RestrictionsAny exterior change, demolition, or relocation affecting a designated historic landmark or historic district in…
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Significant RestrictionsNew Orleans lets the city council remove monuments, statues or plaques from public property after a nuisance-finding…
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Significant RestrictionsTerrebonne Parish Code § 20-117 charges the Houma Historic Preservation District Commission with preserving 'buildings…
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Some RestrictionsThe Caddo Parish Confederate Monument at 501 Texas Street is codified as an individually designated historic property…
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Light RestrictionsCode § 62-1 declares 77 named rural cemeteries across unincorporated Bossier Parish, from Aiken Cemetery near Rocky…
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Light RestrictionsJefferson Parish's Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District has its own path to landmark status for parcels of…
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