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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for April approval are due by 1:00 pm on Friday April 13th, 2018.  

Applications can be turned in in-person (219 E. Robert St.) or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

A working session will commence after the regularly scheduled Hammond Historic District Commission meeting.  This session will be to discuss potential design guideline amendments and the creation of a new "Sidewalk Cafe" section.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for March approval are due by 1:00 pm on Friday March 16th, 2018.  

Applications can be turned in in-person (219 E. Robert St.) or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

On Saturday March 10, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM the Hammond Historic District Commission will host the Commission Assistance and Mentoring Program  – an annual training opportunity for preservation commissions in the United States.

The all-day training is put on by the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and the State Historic Preservation Office.  It will be held at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, 400 NW Railroad Avenue. 

The Hammond Historic District Administrator, Leah Solomon, will present "A Search
for a Name," a special presentation on the search for the name of the enslaved young man buried with the Hammond Family in historic downtown Hammond, LA.

No applications were received for review in February.  Therefore this regularly scheduled meeting of the Hammond Historic District Commission is cancelled.

See you in March!

Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for February approval are due by 1:00 pm on Friday February 16th, 2018.  

Applications can be turned in in-person (219 E. Robert St.) or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

Due to weather, the original monthly meeting of the HHDC was cancelled.  Applications on that agenda will be reviewed instead on this day, Friday January 26th, 2018 at 11:00 AM.

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The Hammond Historic District Commission will convene for a working session on Saturday January 20th, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 309 N. Linden Street, Hammond, LA. 

In this working session the Commission will review its procedural structure as well as the past year's applications for potential amendments to the historic district design guidelines.

There will be no voting or approvals given in this session.  Any proposed amendments or policies established during this session will be reviewed and approved at a regularly scheduled monthly meeting.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for January approval are due by 1:00 pm on Friday January 12th, 2018.  

Applications can be turned in in-person (219 E. Robert St.) or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

The Hammond Historic District Commission will meet on Friday January 12, 2017 at 11:00 am in City Council Chambers (312 E. Charles St.) to review an application for 113 N. Oak St. exterior renovations.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for December approval are due on or before 1:00 pm on December 15th, 2017.  

Applications can be turned in person or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for November approval are due on or before 2:00 pm.  

Applications can be turned in person or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for October approval are due on or before 2:00 pm.  

Applications can be turned in person or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

AGENDA

MORE DETAILS:  At this public meeting, the Hammond Historic District Commission will officially introduce and discuss the details of a Hammond Central Historic Structures Survey.  This survey will record data on approximately 1,400 structures in Hammond.  Survey work will be done in conjunction with Kelly Calhoun of Calhoun Preservation.  Information gathered will follow the Louisiana Historic Structures Inventory Form.  To see a sample of this form, CLICK HERE.  

The data collected will result in getting clarity on what Hammond's historic building stock looks like and will document historic structures for posterity that were previously undocumented.  Ultimately, the intention for this survey data is to modify the boundaries of the current Hammond National Register Historic District and make it larger.  This is to allow more income-earning properties in Hammond to be eligible for historic tax credits.  National Register Historic Districts have no restrictions or guidelines.  Check out THIS FACT SHEET if you're curious about how National Register Historic Districts differ from Local Historic Districts.  To summarize though...

What the National Register DOES

• PROVIDES recognition of a property's significance in history, architecture, archaeology, or engineering.
• PROVIDES a moral obligation, although not a legal one, to preserve the property.
• PROVIDES limited protection when a property is endangered by a federally funded or licensed action. The following web site provides more information about this process: http://www.achp.gov/usersguide.html.
• PROVIDES the owner of an income producing property (commercial or rental residential) the opportunity to apply for Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credits for a "Certified Rehabilitation."
• PROVIDES the owner of a private residence with the opportunity to apply for a State Residential Tax Credit, if a rehabilitation is certified.
• PROVIDES the owner the opportunity to apply for the Louisiana Department of Economic Development's Restoration Tax Abatement Program.
• PROVIDES the owner the opportunity to apply for matching grants-in-aid for restoration/rehabilitation (when funding is available).

What the National Register DOES NOT do

• DOES NOT restrict the use of the property. (For example, an owner can continue to live in a listed house, convert a listed property to another use, continue to farm ground where a listed archaeological site may be located, conduct new construction on the site, etc.)
• DOES NOT restrict the sale of a property; unless under the jurisdiction of a federal agency.
• DOES NOT require continued maintenance of private property.
• DOES NOT require that any specific guidelines be followed in a rehabilitation (unless the owner is using federal funds or rehabilitation tax credits). For example, the owner of a listed property may paint his building any color he chooses.
• DOES NOT require the owner to give tours of the property or open it to the public.
• DOES NOT guarantee funds for restoration.
• DOES NOT require or guarantee perpetual maintenance of the property.
• DOES NOT provide a National Register plaque or a state historic marker for the property (although property owners are eligible to acquire such markers at their own expense).

Please attend the meeting if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the survey parameters!  Check out an approximate map of intended area HERE.

The meeting will be held in City Council Chambers, 312 E. Charles St., at 5:30 pm on Wednesday September 27th.

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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications for September approval are due on or before 2:00 pm.  

Applications can be turned in person or via email at historicdistrict@hammond.org.

The Hammond Historic District Commission will hold a special session on Wednesday August 30th, 2017 at 11:00 am.  The Commission will vote on applications for 103 S. Magnolia, 120 S. Cypress, and 109 N. Cypress.  The meeting will be held in the Hammond Building Department conference room at 219 E. Robert St.

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PLEASE NOTE:  This meeting is a week later than its usual scheduled time slot.

To get on the HHDC's August meeting agenda, applications must be submitted by Friday August 18th at 1:00 pm.

PLEASE NOTE:  This meeting is a week later than its usual scheduled time slot.