National Park Service seeks comment on Great River Road historic context study

By Myra Miller on Wednesday, July 26, 2023
  • The National Park Service opens a 45-day public comment period on a study to evaluate an eleven-mile stretch of Great River Road, along the west bank of the Mississippi River, for possible designation as a National Historic Landmark. (Photo by Brian M. Davis, executive director, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation)
    The National Park Service opens a 45-day public comment period on a study to evaluate an eleven-mile stretch of Great River Road, along the west bank of the Mississippi River, for possible designation as a National Historic Landmark. (Photo by Brian M. Davis, executive director, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation)

    ATLANTA – The National Park Service (NPS) opened a 45-day public comment period on a study to evaluate an eleven-mile stretch of Great River Road, along the west-bank of the Mississippi River, for possible designation as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). “This eleven-mile stretch of Great River Road is multi-layered and complex with a rich history spanning three centuries of land use by many c…