In 1929, Louisiana's Oleander Hotel opened on hurricane-prone Grand Isle; 97 years later, residents raised $400,000 to save the island's last historic hotel and turn it into a museum

• The organization is developing a comprehensive master plan that will determine how the building can be restored, adapted and maintained over the long term.
• On an island shaped by storms, tides and generations of coastal life, one old hotel is getting a chance to tell its story all over again.
• According to an online report by Houma Times, the historic Oleander Hotel on Louisiana's Grand Isle is being restored nearly a century after it first opened its doors.