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Great River Road Historic Context Study
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The NPS is responsible for helping to preserve and protect NHLs and works with preservation officials, private property owners, and other partners interested in nominating properties for NHL designation. The NPS commissioned HHM & Associates to conduct the study, documenting this portion of Great River Road in narrative and graphic formats and placing it into a regional and national context. The effort involved research, a field survey, photographic documentation, Geographic Information Systems analysis and public engagement. The study will enable the NPS, stewards, policy makers, civic planners and the public to better understand the eleven miles and take appropriate action where necessary.
Photo: Aerial view of agricultural landscape along the West bank of the Mississippi River in west St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, with the community of Wallace in the foreground and Whitney and Evergreen Plantations in the background. Courtesy of Brian M. Davis, Executive Director, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation.