Hurricane Katrina & Historic Preservation

The destruction Katrina has caused to historic structures on the Mississippi coast and in other areas of the state is immeasurable. It will take months to determine the exact extent of damage our historic buildings has suffered.

The Mississippi Heritage Trust has placed online photos of before and after damage to many of Mississippi's historic structures affected by Katrina. Some have both before and after photos; some have only one or the other. They have also set up a fund to assist in the recovery of damaged historic structures.

You can see the pictures and learn more at http://www.mississippiheritage.com/HurricaneKatrina.html

Comments

[Kiril Kundurazieff]

Those photos are just heartbreaking to anyone who loves history.

[Dana]

another site for info on Katrina area repositories, museums, historic collections, etc. is http://www.aam-us.org/aamlatest/news/HurricaneFirstReports.cfm