National Resources

National Resources

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

  An independent Federal agency created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), and is the major policy advisor to the Government in the field of historic preservation

• Association for Preservation Technology International 

  (APT) is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to "advancing the application of technology to the conservation of the built environment."

• Main Street America

  The National Trust's program of downtown revitalization through historic preservation and economic development.

• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training 

  An interdisciplinary effort by the National Park Service to enhance the art, craft and science of preservation and conservation.

• National Park Service 

  A publication of the National Park Service - Cultural Resources

• National Register of Historic Places

  The Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.

• Society of Architectural Historians 

  Encourages scholarly research in the field and promotes the preservation of significant architectural monuments that are an integral part of our worldwide historical and cultural heritage.

• The Vernacular Architecture Forum 

  Formed in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of  traditional domestic and agricultural buildings, industrial and commercial structures, twentieth-century suburban houses, settlement patterns and cultural landscapes.