Historic Preservation
How Did We Get Here? Hasbrouck House
State of New York Built: c.1725 Acquired: 1850 First House Museum in United States Newburgh, NY Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Ladies Association
Built: c.1758-1778 Acquired: 1858
Oldest Historic Preservation Group In United States Mt. Vernon, VA
Association for the Colonial Williamsburg Powder Magazine 1715 Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Historic Jamestowne 1607 America’s First Statewide Historic Preservation Organization Founded: 1889
Yellowstone National Park
America’s First National Park Established: 1872 Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
Model of Goodman Point Pueblo Goodman Point Pueblo Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) Montezuma County, CO Occupied: c. 200 – 1300 AD
Protected: 1889
Removed from Homesteading First Federal Action to Protect an Archaeological Resource
Casa Grande Ruin
America’s First Cultural Reserve Constructed: c.1350 Arizona Hohokam Village Established: 1892
Antiquities Act
Devil’s Tower National Monument Wyoming
America’s First Law to protect cultural & natural resources on Federal Lands. Authorizes President to declare National Monuments Enacted: 1906
Mesa Verde National Park
Cliff Palace
America’s First National Park Established to Protect Cultural Resources Occupied: 550 – 1300 Established: 1906 Colorado Swett Ilsley House, c.1670 Newbury, MA
Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities First Organization Established to Preserve Architectural Heritage Founded: 1910 Boston, MA National Park Service Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve Colorado
Consolidated Management of America’s National Parks Established: 1916
Colonial Williamsburg
Reconstructed Governor’s Palace
America’s First National Preservation Project Virginia’s Capital: 1699-1780 Established: 1926
Charleston Old & Historic District
America’s First Local Historic Preservation District Established: 1931 Charleston, SC Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
Felderman Farm Clarkville, CO
U.S. Post Office Pueblo, CO
First Federal Program to Established 1933 Document Architectural Heritage A New Deal Program Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)(1967)
Shenandoah-Dives Mill San Juan County, CO
Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) (2000) Skyline Park Denver, CO Historic Sites Act First Survey National Historic Landmarks Enacted: 1935
Bent’s Old Fort, La Junta, CO Original Opened 1833
Declared “national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance.”
Hotel De Paris, Georgetown, CO America’s First National Historic Preservation Organization Established: 1949
Why do we have historic preservation? NHPA 1966
“…the preservation of this irreplaceable heritage is in the public interest so that its vital legacy of cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, economic, and energy benefits will be maintained and enriched for future generations of Americans.” - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Why do we have historic preservation? NHPA 1966 Why do we have historic preservation? NHPA 1966 Why do we have historic preservation? NHPA 1966 Why do we have historic preservation? NHPA 1966 National Historic Preservation Act
•National Register of Historic Places
•State Historic Preservation Offices
•Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
•Section 106 Review Process
•Federal Agency Preservation Programs
•Historic Preservation Fund (1976)
•Certified Local Governments (1980)
Established Federal System of Historic Preservation Enacted: 1966
Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
Lowry Pueblo, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Dolores, CO Requires Mitigation for damage to Archaeological Sites on Federal Property Enacted: 1974
Tax Reform Act of 1976
REI Store Denver, CO 1901
Provided First Tax Incentives for Rehabilitation of Historic Properties Enacted: 1976 Amended in 1981 (Tax Credit) & 1986
Penn Central v New York City
Established Legal Precedent for Historic Regulations Decision: 1978
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
Permitting and Protection of Archaeological Resources on Federal Land Enacted: 1979
Leadville, CO
Created To Revitalize Central Commercial Districts Tested: 1977 Established: 1980
Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act
Procedure for Returning Certain Artifacts to Native Americans
Enacted: 1990
Historic Preservation In Colorado Colorado State Historical and Natural History Society
History Colorado
Founded: 1879 State Agency: 1915
Historic Monuments Act
Fort Garland, Costilla County, established 1858
Mandates Colorado Historical Society to acquire sites, survey and develop preservation plan Enacted: 1953
Historical, Pre-historical and Archaeological Resources Act
Persse House, ca. 1900, Roxborough State Park
Gives State Title to historic, prehistoric and archaeological resources on State land Enacted: 1967
Bloom Mansion (1882), Trinidad History Museum
Colorado Historical Society designated State Historic Preservation Office Designated: 1967
Historical, Prehistorical and Archaeological Resources Act (Revised)
Creates Office of State Archaeologist Dillard Site , Montezuma County, CO Enacted: 1973
State Register of Historic Properties
Rabbit Ears Sign, Steamboat Springs, CO, 1953
Enacted: 1975
South of Second Assoc. vs Georgetown
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Georgetown’s Preservation Ordinance Decision: 1978
Grand Junction Delta Colorado Main Street Program Manitou Durango Springs Sterling
Established: 1980 Dolores Archaeological Project , Dolores, CO, established 1977
Colorado joins the Main Street Program with five communities
Colorado Gaming Amendment
Cripple Creek, CO Founded 1892 Approved: 1990 Authorized Gaming in Black Hawk, Central City & Cripple Creek, establishing the State Historical Fund from gaming tax revenue
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Northern Hotel, Fort Collins, CO Constructed 1873
Established state tax credit for residential & commercial properties Enacted: 1990 Reauthorized: 1999 & 2008 Revised Credit Authorized: 2014 Historic Preservation How Did We Get Here?
Mark A. Rodman, Director of Preservation Programs Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer [email protected] 303-866-3067