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On 11/22/2006 National Trust for Historic Preservation wrote:
Thank you for contacting the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Because we receive such a high volume of information requests, we have
developed a standard reply and information sheet to help answer your
questions. While not all of the information below and attached will be relevant, much of the information in this reply will get you started on saving your historic site. I am also forwarding your email to Anthony Veerkamp who works in our Western Regional Office as he would be interested to know about your sites.
Your first step is to contact your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Statewide Preservation Partner to alert them to the threat to this historic property and to find out what assistance is available at the state and local level to preserve the site. Please use this link to find the contact information for the SHPO and Statewide organization in your state: http://www.nthp.org/help/statewide_org.asp.
SHPO in California call (916)-653-6624
The National Trust's Preservation Books offers several publications
which will be helpful to you, including "Rescuing Historic Resources:
How to Respond to a Preservation Emergency" and
"Threatened Treasures: Creating Lists of Endangered Sites."
In addition, there are publications specific to saving historic schools, railroad depots, barns, religious properties, bridges, and theaters. We also offer publications which will help you make the case for the economic benefit of preservation, including our "Dollars & Sense" reports on the economic and fiscal impacts of historic preservation in states such as Virginia, and in communities such as Galveston, Denver, Knoxville, and Philadelphia.
Please use this link http://www.preservationbooks.org/ to access our
Preservation Books.
For more help with making your case in favor of preservation, please
visit the advocacy section of our website using this link:
http://www.nationaltrust.org/advocacy/case/
A PDF of our "Historic Buildings" information sheet can be found at this link on our website
http://www.nationaltrust.org/help/downloads/HistoricBuilding.pdf.
It is a comprehensive guide to preserving an historic building, and includes a list of helpful preservation resources. It also includes information on listing historic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
You might consider nominating this site to the National Trust's annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. For more information, link here: http://www.nationaltrust.org/11most/list.asp.
In addition, many statewide and local preservation groups also put
together annual endangered lists. Check with your state and local
organizations to see how to nominate this site to their lists; for their contact information, see the link above.
Your question may have involved listing an historic building on the
National Register, finding out if it is on the National Register, or
information on the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation. You can find this information at the following
websites: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/index.htm and
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/tpscat.htm or by calling your SHPO. You
should always contact your SHPO before you begin the National Register
nomination process.
After you have read this information and have contacted your SHPO and
Statewide organization, you might want to follow up with the Trust's
Regional Office. Please use this link for the contact information for
your Regional Office:
http://www.nationaltrust.org/regional_offices/index.html. When you
follow up with our regional office staff, please make sure you include
any information that you have obtained about the status of the site from the city, SHPO and statewide organizations.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of the National Trust. With the kind of assistance you provide us through your annual membership dues and gifts, we are able to move forward on a wide range of programs designed to advance preservation interests all across the country. To see preservation work the Trust is undertaking in your state, please link here to read your regional office's newsletter: http://www.nationaltrust.org/regional_offices/index.html.
Thank you for your interest in preservation!
Sincerely,
Alexis Krivian, Intern
Resource Center
http://www.tikihunters.com
[ Edited by: Dr.TikiMojo 2006-11-28 13:35 ]
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