W INTER 2009 Volume 24 Number 1 reservation N EW M EXICO P S u s t a i n i n g C o m m u n i t i e s New Mexico Historic Preservation Division Department of Cultural Affairs Annual Report 2008 P 9 HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION PRESERVATION NEW MEXICO Volume 24 | Number 1 R New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, FY08 0 The Annual Report is the winter edition of Preservation New Mexico, a bi-monthly publication of the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico’s cultural heritage is the backbone of the state’s culture industry, which brings $3.1 billion to the Department of Cultural Affairs. Two editions are published in print and online 0 at www.nmhistoricpreservation.org. E state’s economy according to the most current figures from the Department of Cultural Affairs. Approximately half that Preservation New Mexico is edited, designed and produced by Tom figure represents money generated by tourists whose travels to cultural sites include museums, monuments and parks, Drake, HPD Public Relations. Readers are invited to submit information and 2 articles for publication. Send stories or requests to Tom Drake, Historic many of them established from archaeological discoveries. Archaeology is ongoing, and documentation and analysis of its Preservation Division, 407 Galisteo St., Suite 232, Santa Fe, NM 87501; tom- S findings are reviewed by our office every day. New Mexicans and the state’s visitors spend time and money, live, work [email protected]; 505-827-4067. and play in the historic districts and neighborhoods of our small towns and cities. This publication is financed with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior and other sources. Contents and opinions The Historic Preservation Division of DCA plays a vital role working with communities to preserve the cultural do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the federal government. y resources that continue to attract visitors from within our state’s borders and from around the world. HPD provides HPD received federal financial assistance for identification and protectionE of historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section assistance when the time comes to address changing needs that affect cultural resources as renowned as the Santa Fe r 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of Plaza, a National Historic Landmark, to the modest, but historic home down the street that needs a new roof. 1975, as amended, the U.S. Dept. of the Interior prohibits discrimination on HPD funding in Fiscal Year 2008 was flat. Our $2 million budget in FY08 was comprised of the same funding the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in its federally assist-R ed programs. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any pro- amounts made available to us in FY07. As one of the nation’s State Historic Preservation Offices, we received a $620,000 a gram, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further informa- grant from the National Park Service. State funding accounted for $887,600. The remaining $300,000 is from reciprocal tion, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240. arrangements with contractors, and state and federal agencies, largely through agreements that allowed them to enter u V cultural resource data into our New Mexico Cultural Resources Information System. in this issue n 1 FY08 Budget and Financial Partners HPD’s Financial Partners in FY08 2 SHPO Message from HPD Director Katherine Slick 3 Cultural Properties Review Committee A Fort Bliss a 4 HPD Personnel & 2008 Award Winners New Mexico Department of Transportation 5 Programs Map J Reviewing Projects New Mexico Energy Minerals and Natural Resources 6 BNSF & Abo Canyon T State Land Office 7 Galisteo & the Permian basins 8 Spaceport & Archaeology Under a Parking Lot U.S. Bureau of Land Management 9 Santa Rosa Courthouse Square U.S Forest Service 10 NMCRIS, the Next Generation I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 11 Outreach Map 12 State Register U.S. Bureau of Reclamation O 13 Heritage Preservation Month U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Services 14 SiteWatch 15 Archaeology Fair & THPOs White Sands Missile Range 16 Official Scenic Historic Markers 17 Preservation Incentives Map It is the mission of the Historic Preservation Division to identify and protect New Mexico's cultural 18 Tax Credits N resources, including its archaeological sites, architectural and engineering achievements, 19 Loan Fund cultural landscapes and diverse heritage. 20 Historic Preservation Fund Grants 21 Certified Local Governments cover photo: Acoma “Sky City” by Tom Drake 22 State Grants and Save America’s Treasures 1 SHPO Message Sustaining Community as HPD Turns 30 — Katherine Slick, Director their home. Historic property owners believe contin- incorporating preservation planning into development. ued use of properties that have withstood the test of It was built on our records of New Mexico’s vast time is the epitome of recycling, an effective tool for archaeological treasures and was the first step toward responsible, sustainable stewardship of our environ- putting our cultural heritage on the Internet. But, as ment, and what preservation should be all about. development uncovered more of our past and notions Our 20-year-old New Mexico Income Tax Credit of what was important grew—we had more data to for Historic Properties, a key economic incentive, has work with. And as technology matured, it became reservation, for some, is a sentimental not kept pace with inflation through adjustments for impossible to keep the database current. Providing a desire to cling to the past. But, I would argue preser- consumer price indexing. Yet, use of the program has full array of online, easily accessible cultural-resource vation is much more than nostalgia. In the current grown, especially with homeowners. In 2009, we seek information had not materialized. Peconomic climate we need to actively steward cultural legislation to increase the credit cap of $25,000 estab- Governor Richardson and the Legislature helped resources, not only for the icons of our past to con- lished in 1984, and allow transferring credits for HPD take a huge step toward completing the online tinue to exist, but so they are meaningful and relevant broader use of the program as an economic stimulant. system when it supported DCA’s request last year to for this and future generations. As we seek to reorient Recognizing that under current law few businesses can appropriate funds for major improvements to our economy using green and sustainable initiatives, effectively use the credits, MainStreet and HPD are NMCRIS. These upgrades will allow HPD to provide the laws that govern how we preserve buildings, struc- working together to improve incentives for struggling State and National Register information on New tures and our cultural heritage will guide us in keeping commercial property owners. But, we need the tools Mexico’s historic architecture online. Placing it along- our heritage intact and meaningful, and a vital part of to make our efforts effective. side the archaeological resources in NMCRIS will a new economy. greatly assist property owners seeking information The State of New Mexico recognized 30 years ago HPD and the Internet they need to qualify for tax credits to sustain their his- that to sustain the Land of Enchantment, it needed a In 2008, the Legislature wisely filled a void when it toric homes and buildings. With guidance from the body of preservation law to identify, plan for and pro- realized our system for keeping track of cultural Department of Information and Technology, we proj- mote the resources that define our multi-cultural state. resources online was sadly out of date. HPD has been ect the expanded platform to be online this fall. So dawned the state Cultural Properties Act and the charged for the last 30 years with maintaining and We believe preserving historic properties builds Historic Preservation Division expanding the record of prehistoric and historic sustainable communities. It keeps our historic stock in Over the last 30 years, various legislatures and gov- resources. The surveys, inventories and State Register continued use and provides New Mexicans with jobs ernors have amended statutes and the Cultural nominations that are the facts and statistics that com- while less energy is consumed manufacturing materials Properties Act to enhance preserving New Mexico’s prise these records were paper until the 1990s when for entirely new buildings. As we sustain the Land of patrimony. Given current social and economic turmoil electronic databases revolutionized how we kept track Enchantment—its cultural landscapes, archaeology, and the increasing need to conserve, preservationists of our past. historic homes and buildings—we maintain our spiri- seek effective tools to help historic-property owners With help and commitment from federal and state tual and emotional connection to our cultural heritage sustain homes and buildings as a base of our econo- agencies, HPD developed one of the first electronic and to the natural environment that surrounds us. my. We have come to appreciate that the biggest cultural resource databases, the New Mexico Cultural During out thirtieth year, HPD greets these challenges investment most Americans have over their lifetime is Resources Inventory System, intended to assist with and seeks innovative ways to meet them. 2 Cultural Properties Review Committee New Leadership he new and the former chairmen of the state that filled meeting rooms and garnered headlines. In del Norte through Petroglyphs National Historic T Cultural Properties Review Committee have a fact, the Mount Taylor meeting held in Grants filled a District in Albuquerque—have landed the committee common goal of raising the profile of historic preser- high school gymnasium with more than 600 people in the limelight, and it has become a sought after and vation in New Mexico.