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The National Register of Historic Places Ian Johnson, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office What is the National Register of Historic Places? The National Register is the nations official list of historic places worthy of


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The National Register of Historic Places

Ian Johnson, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office

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What is the National Register of Historic Places?

  • The National Register is the nation’s official list
  • f historic places worthy of preservation
  • Over 2,000 properties listed in Oregon,

including 130 historic districts.

  • A National Register district is a concentration of

properties united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development

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How can the National Register help communities?

  • Neighborhood recognition

and stabilization

  • Consideration in planning

for state and federally funded projects

  • Qualification for federal and

state preservation tax benefits and grants

  • Building code leniency
  • Design review
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. . . And how can it not?

  • Doesn’t mean that a building or neighborhood

will be protected from time and change forever

  • Protection is only as strong as local historic

preservation laws

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National Register Process

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Getting Listed: Best Practices

  • Make sure the National

Register is the right tool

  • Listen, really listen
  • Plan, plan, plan, and then

plan more

  • Take time for the process, but

not too long!

  • Make sure the nomination is

good, very good

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National Register Contacts National Register Contacts

Jason Allen Survey and Inventory Program Coordinator (503) 986-0579 Jason.Allen@oregon.gov Jason Allen Survey and Inventory Program Coordinator (503) 986-0579 Jason.Allen@oregon.gov

  • regonheritage.org
  • regonheritage.org

To be determined… National Register Program Coordinator To be determined… National Register Program Coordinator