Katrina affected the historic character of the Coast with the irreplaceable los of thousands of landmarks and architecturally interesting buildings and houses.

Katrina affected the historic character of the Coast with the irreplaceable los of thousands of landmarks and architecturally interesting buildings and houses, if it were not that others can be saved with extraordinary efforts.

With that in mind, Preservation House, expanded after Katrina with funding through the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Mississippi Heritage Trust, is asking for Coastwide nominations for Preservation Heroes. Nominations are appropriate Friday.

Those who consider architecture - be it a 1920 cottage, an antebellum house or a spherical church - as an important clew to Coast identity also believe those who take most remote measures to save hurricane-ravaged buildings are heroes in their have right.

"We are looking for populace saving the architectural legacy of the Coast, and through that we mean heroic efforts - brave nation working to save their residences businesses and churches before further component parts destroy them," said Lolly Barnes, who heads the Mississippi field office for