National Register Of Historic Places: Historic Preservation

Being placed on the National Register of Historic Places is a long process. To even be considered for being listed, the property being nominated must be at least fifty years old and cannot be altered to the point where it does not look like it once did before. If a property passes this, then it is eligible for nomination. To be nominated, one must go to their state's historic preservation office. There, they would fill out forms and they would be informed on what the responsibilities of being on the National Register would be. If one agrees to these responsibilities, the property they are trying to get nominated would be evaluated for the age of the structure, the integrity, and the importance of the property to the history to the United States. The property, as stated above, must be at least fifty years old, must look similar to what it did in the past, and must be associated with something or someone important to the past. If the property passes
Preservation helps preserve the nation’s history so it can be talked about and taught to everyone so important ideas are not forgotten. Many aspects are involved in historic preservation and each aspect is very important. There are also many processes to each part of historic preservation, including the process to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many of these processes are very long, which can show one that the whole process of historic preservation is very long and hard. Without historic preservation, we would ultimately forget or not decide to talk about the history of the United States, and history is one of the most important parts of a country. As John Lawrence, a former dean of Tulane’s School of Architecture, once said, “The basic purpose of preservation is not to arrest time, but to mediate sensitivity with the forces of change. It is to understand the present as a product of the past and a modifier of the