JELD-WEN Windows and Doors | Lighthouse Restoration Initiative

A Louisiana lighthouse rebuilding after complete destruction has won the 2008 JELD-WEN Reliable Lighthouse Restoration Initiative for its compelling need and example of unwavering hope.

New Canal Lighthouse in New Orleans, built in 1890, was heavily damaged after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation is planning to reconstruct New Canal in 2009 as an aid to navigation, historic museum and environmental education center.

Reliable JELD-WEN custom wood windows and fiberglass doors designed to look like the originals, yet built stronger to last longer, will help restore its historic past.

Read more about our winner and the JELD-WEN Lighthouse Restoration Initiative.

Watch the story of New Canal Lighthouse on YouTube.

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Thank you to nearly a half million people who participated in our public poll and helped us select this year's Reliable Lighthouse. Learn more about our search.

Scroll down to see three other historic lighthouses we've helped restore, and what a difference new windows and doors can make.

The Wind Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses on the Great Lakes, is the latest JELD-WEN Lighthouse Restoration Initiative recipient. Breathtaking views of Lake Michigan were restored with new JELD-WEN^® windows, and the 108-foot tower is more secure with a new fiberglass door.

Read the news release or the fact sheet.

This lighthouse, a National Historic Landmark on Chesapeake Bay, recently opened its new JELD-WEN^® doors (and windows) to tourists. It was built in 1875.

Read the news release or the fact sheet. You can also watch the restoration video.

Our 2004 pilot project, the Umpqua River Lighthouse, overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Oregon's oldest beacon now looks like new.

Read the news release or the fact sheet.