NEW MEXICO HISTORIC PRESERVATION: a Plan for the Year 2001
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NEW MEXICO HISTORIC PRESERVATION: A Plan for the Year 2001 La Capilla de Estaca. A gathering of residents and friends viewing historic photographs as part of the writing of the historic context and State Register nomination for the Capilla. Prepared by The New Mexico State Historic Preservation Division Office of Cultural Affairs 228 East Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 827-6320 Fax: 505-827-6338 1998 New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 1 New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 2 Acknowledgments New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (State Historic Preservation Office) The planning process that resulted in this plan has included the participation of so many people it is The Cultural Properties Review Committee and the State Historic Preservation Office staff have been indispensable impossible to acknowledge you all. We are particularly indebted to those of you who expressed your in their contribution of ideas, help and participation in the forum and surveys, and preparation of materials and ideas about historic preservation in the public participation portions of the plan-in the forum (100 critiques of the draft version of this plan. The staff will be responsible for the coordination of the next state plan and, attendees) and the survey (624 respondents). We also appreciate your participation in the review and in part, for the implementation of this plan. The staff welcomes comments and inquiries from the public regarding this plan, as well as specific historic preservation issues in New Mexico. comment of the first draft of this plan. Officer of Cultural Affairs - J.Edson Way, Ph.D. The SHPO staff and the Cultural Properties Review Committee have been indispensable in their State Historic Preservation Officer - Lynne Sebastian, Ph.D. contribution of ideas, help and participation in the forum and surveys, and preparation of materials Cultural Properties Review Committee and critiques of the draft version of this plan. Robert Torrez, State Historian (Santa Fe), Chairman Karl W. Laumbach(Las Cruces), Vice-Chairman In particular we acknowledge the support, encouragement, and participation of former Cultural Steven E. Kells (Albuquerque), Secretary Affairs Officer Gary Morton and former State Historic Preservation Officer Phillip Shelley, Christopher C. Mead, Ph.D. (Albuquerque) Darlis Miller, Ph.D. (Las Cruces) Ph.D. We are also indebted to the current Cultural Affairs Officer Edson Way, Ph.D., and current Ann F. Ramenofsky, Ph.D. (Albuquerque) State Historic Preservation Officer Lynne Sebastian, Ph.D., for their support, which has assured Louis L. Weller (Albuquerque) this plans formulation and distribution. Sue Henry Renaud, Senior Re- sources Planner, National Park Service, Washington, DC, was our steadfast, perceptive and ebullient guide Director; State Historic Preservation Officer Lynne Sebastian, Ph.D. Acting Deputy SHPO/Archaeology throughout the planning process. Jesse Monfort Bopp, Esq., SHPO grants administrator and State Archaeologist Glenna Dean, Ph.D. planner, arranged for the forum and coordinated the survey process. Our thanks to Jan Kindel Deputy SHPO/Architecture and her team of volunteers and professionals who facilitated the forum. Acting Architectural Historian Dorothy Victor Cultural Resource Specialist/Archaeology (Compliance) Alysia Abbott Special thanks to Dr. Shelley for establishing a method for analyzing the surveys. Thanks to Erika Planner/ Grants Administrator B. Jesse Monfort Bopp, J.D. Zachman and Heather Guarino for completing the tedious job of tabulating the survey results. Dr. Cultural Resource Specialist (National and Shelley and Jesse Bopp compiled the plan, and Dr. Shelley edited the first draft. Appendix A was State Register Records Management) Nancy Hanks, Ph.D. written by Dr. Sebastian, Dr. Shelley, and Mary Ann Anders, Ph.D. (architectural historian), with Historic Architect (!STEA) Anita Hardy review and comments by Robert Torrez (State Historian), Glenna Dean, Ph.D. (State Archaeologist), Clerk Specialist Pat Lucero Administrator Barbara MacLellan and Dave Phillips, Ph.D. (SWCA Environmental Consultants, Albuquerque). Jill Root (S.M Stoller Secretary Cenissa Martinez Corporation) and Jesse Bopp edited the plan. Valuable contributions were made to this plan by Historic Architect (Compliance) Pilar Medina Peggy Giltrow of the State Library (funding); Dot Waldrip of the University of New Mexico s Office Planner IIIA/Archaeology(Compliance) Eric Petersen of Research Services; Paul Narbutas and Mike Pitel (tourism); Anita Miller, Esq., Tom Merlan, and Historic Architect (Tax Programs) Robyn Powell Jim Bieg, Esq. (laws); and Dorothy Victor (technical assistance). Cultural Resource Specialist/Archaeology (Compliance, Information Systems) Daniel E. Reiley Financial Specialist Joyce Varela Historic Architect (Tax Programs) Dale Zinn This project was funded inpart by theHistoric Preservation Division, Office of Cultural Affairs, State of New at Archaeological Records Management Section: Manager Timothy J. Seaman Mexico, and with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The GIS Specialist Systems Analyst Neil Berry contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor Systems Analyst Leslie Bischoff does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Cultural Resource Specialist Scott Geister Department of the Interior or the State of New Mexico. Cultural Resource Specialist LouAnna Haecker Cultural Resource Specialist Jeremy Kulisheck Cultural Resource Specialist Anna LaBauve This program receives federal funds from the National Park Service. Regulations of the U.S. Department of Cultural Resource Specialist Janet Pierson the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in departmental Federally Assisted Pro- grams on the Cultural Resource Specialist Dedie Snow basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap. Any person who believes he or she has been Cultural Resource Specialist Steve Townsend discriminated against in any program activity or facility operated by a recipient of federal assistance Villa Rivera Building , 228 E.Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 should write to: Director, Equal Opportunity Program, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Phone: 505-827-6320 FAX: 505-827-6338 Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. http://www2.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us/hpd/ New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 3 New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 4 Contents Organizations involved in the History or Preservation of Specific Cultural Traditions CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW 1 In New Mexico 63 WHAT THE PLAN DOES 1 Arts, Museum, Historical, Preservation and Conservation Associations, and Libraries 64 HOW THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED 1 Non-profit Preservation Professionals 69 Who Coordinated 1 Local Preservation-minded Groups 70 Who Was Involved 1 Planners 71 How It Was Developed 2 Architects 71 The Goals 3 Churches 72 USING THE PLAN 4 Realtors 72 Public Use 5 Tourism 72 SHPO's Use 5 Conservation, Land Use, and Environment 73 Use by Other Divisions of Federal, State and Local Government 5 Bankers 74 REVISING THE PLAN 5 Funders 74 CHAPTER 2: OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE 7 Owners of Historic Properties 75 CHAPTER 3: WHEREWE STAND 11 Schools, Universities, and training 75 CHAPTER 4: GOALSAND OBJECTIVES 29 Arts and Humanities 76 PUBLIC AWARENESS/EDUCATION 30 Media 77 COST-EFFECTIVENESS/FUNDING 31 PARTNERSHIPS 32 CHAPTER 8: PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE 79 COMMUNITY-DEFINED PRESERVATION 32 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 79 LAWS/LEGISLATION 34 State and National Contact 79 PLANNING 34 Local Contacts 81 RECOGNITION OF AND SENSITIVITY TO OUR DIVERSITY 35 Libraries for Research 82 IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF CULTURAL Publications 82 RESOURCES 35 FINANCIAL INCENTIVES 85 CHAPTER 5: STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUR GOALS 37 FUNDING FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 87 CHAPTER 6: DIRECTIVES TO THE SHPO 43 Sources of Information on Funding 88 WHAT DOES THE SHPO DO? 43 Funders for New Mexico 88 Responsibility forThis Plan 43 Funding Sources 91 General Responsibilitiesand Organization 43 HISTORIC PRESERVATION LEGISLATION 97 SHPO Funding 44 Local Laws 98 SHPO Programs 45 Tribal Laws 98 DIRECTIVES TO THE SHPO 53 State Laws 98 CHAPTER 7: JOINING, EDUCATING & PARTNERING FOR PRESERVATION 55 Federal Laws 101 STATE GOVERNMENT 56 Office of Cultural Affairs/State Historic Preservation Office (the "SHPO") 56 BIBLIOGRAPHY 105 Other New Mexico State Government Entities 57 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 60 City of Albuquerque and/or Bernalillo County Cultural Properties Preservation Policies 110 National Park Service Programs 60 Existing Local Ordinances and Codes 110 Other Federal Programs 61 Website Addresses 111 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 62 General Historic Preservation 111 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 62 Preservation of Historic Buildings 113 NON-GOVERNMENTALPRESERVATION GROUP 63 Preservation of Archaeological Sites 114 APPENDIX A 117 Prehistoric Context and Resources 117 Historic Context and Resources 120 New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 5 New Mexico Historic Preservation: A Plan for the Year 2001 6 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW List of Tables Table 1. Respondents' Degree of Involvement in Historic Preservation 3 THE VISION FOR OUR FUTURE Table 2. Resource Preservation Priorities for the Year 2001 8 Table 3. New Mexico Population by Race, 1990 Census 17 By the Year 2001 ... Table 4. Most Important Reasons for