緊急 修理s to begin at Cabildo, Presbytere
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - About $3.4 million in 緊急 修理s are needed to save New Orleans' historic Cabildo and Presbyt?re buildings that 側面に位置する St. Louis Cathedral from 崩壊するing.
The Louisiana 明言する／公表する Museum says moisture 侵入占拠 at the 200-year-old French ４半期/4分の1 buildings has put the plaster and stucco at 危険 of breaking off, 潜在的に 落ちるing の上に 歩行者s outside or 損失ing museum artifacts inside the buildings.
The Louisiana 分割 of 行政's 暫定的な 緊急 board 認可するd more than $945,000 in 明言する／公表する 基金s for the 修理s; the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and 観光旅行，事業 will dedicate $2.46 million from its 年次の 予算.
In a news 解放（する）, 公式の／役人s said the problems （機の）カム to light during 最近の exterior 革新s, which 含むd 除去 of an elastomeric 塗装 適用するd in the 1990s. 公式の／役人s said Thursday that the 塗装 除去 exposed 割れ目s and other problems that, if left exposed to the elements, could lead to more serious 損失.
"Millions of tourists will come to New Orleans for the tri-centennial in 2018," said Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. "We need to 保護する the '前線 door of Louisiana' for 地元のs and our 訪問者s to enjoy."
The Cabildo and Presbyt?re will remain open to the public while the 修理s are 存在 made. Both buildings are 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as 国家の Historic 目印s with the 国家の Park Service.
The Cabildo, which served as the 中心 of New Orleans 政府, was built between 1795 and 1799, に引き続いて the 広大な／多数の／重要な New Orleans 解雇する／砲火／射撃 of 1788 that 完全に destroyed the structure that stood on the 所有物／資産／財産. It was the 場所／位置 of the Louisiana 購入（する） 移転 in 1803, which 完結するd the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs' 取得／買収 of the Louisiana 領土 and 二塁打d the size of the fledgling nation.
The Presbyt?re was designed in 1791 to match the Cabildo. It was built on the 場所／位置 of the 住居 of the Capuchin 修道士s and was used for 商業の 目的s until 1834 when it became a courthouse. In 1911, it became part of the Louisiana 明言する／公表する Museum.
The matching Spanish 植民地の-style buildings were designed by Gilberto Guillemard, who also designed St. Louis Cathedral.
