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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 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

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

. . . 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

National Register Process

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

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

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