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HUD Wins ACHP Chairman's Award for Federal Achievement
in Historic Preservation
Holsten Corporation, Chicago Housing Authority, Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency Among Partners Honored for
Effort to Preserve Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic
District
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Historic Preservation Documents
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Preserving
America
Historic
Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community
Development: A Guide to Using Community Development
Block Grant Funds for Historic Preservation and Heritage
Tourism in Your Communities
Press
Release | CDBG
Website
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High Resolution (10.2 MB)
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Low Resolution (0.4 MB)
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Linking Historic Preservation to CDBG Objectives
Published
in 1991, this Guide illustrates the various methods
by which historic preservation can be linked to other
eligible activity under the CDBG Program.
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Congress
made the Federal Government a full partner in historic preservation
with passage of the National
Historic Preservation Act in 1966. As amended in 1992, Section
110 of the Act calls for, among other things, Federal agencies to
establish preservation programs, commensurate with their mission and
the effects of their activities on historic properties, that provide
broadly for careful consideration of historic properties.
HUD and governments which assume responsibility for administering
environmental HUD environmental laws must comply with historic preservation
review requirements found in Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Review Act
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issues regulations
implement The Historic Preservation Act. HUD assistance must comply
with the ACHP
Regulations.
Historical Preservation Review Resources
The
National Register Collection
These
files hold information on nearly one million individual resources-historic
buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects. The documentation
on each property consists of photographs, maps, and a National Register
registration form, which provides a physical description of the place,
information about its history and significance, and a bibliography.
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