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HUD Wins ACHP Chairman's Award for Federal Achievement in Historic Preservation
Holsten Corporation, Chicago Housing Authority, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Among Partners Honored for
Effort to Preserve Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic District
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Historic Preservation Documents
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Preserving America
Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community
Development: A Guide to Using Community Development Block Grant Funds for Historic Preservation and Heritage
Tourism in Your Communities
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Linking Historic Preservation to CDBG Objectives
Published in 1991, this Guide illustrates the various methods by which historic preservation can be linked to
other eligible activity under the CDBG Program.
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Congress made the Federal Government a full partner in historic preservation with passage of the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966.
As amended in 1992, Section 110 of the Act calls for, among other things, Federal agencies to establish
preservation programs, commensurate with their mission and the effects of their activities on historic properties,
that provide broadly for careful consideration of historic properties.
HUD and governments which assume responsibility for administering environmental HUD environmental laws
must comply with historic preservation review requirements found in
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Review Act
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issues regulations implement The Historic Preservation Act. HUD
assistance must comply with the ACHP Regulations.
Historical Preservation Review Resources
The National Register Collection
These files hold information on nearly one million individual resources-historic buildings, sites, districts, structures, and
objects. The documentation on each property consists of photographs, maps, and a National Register registration form,
which provides a physical description of the place, information about its history and significance, and a bibliography.
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