Recording Historic Buildings

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U.S. National Park Service, 1970 - Architecture - 165 pages
 

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Page iv - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 1 - Stat. 666), which declared that it is a national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States...
Page 160 - CERC publications are available from the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151.
Page 2 - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 915, 16 USC 470, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to expand and maintain a National Register of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, and culture.
Page ix - Officer * and a representative of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation of the National Park Service...
Page 1 - Population censuses of varying scope have been taken during the depression under the auspices of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and the Works Progress Administration in several states, as well as in many of the larger cities.
Page v - Interior, in cooperation with The American Institute of Architects and the Library of Congress...
Page 1 - ... (a) Secure, collate, and preserve drawings, plans, photographs, and other data of historic and archaeologic sites, buildings, and objects. (b) Make a survey of historic and archaeologic sites, buildings, and objects for the purpose of determining which possess exceptional value as commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.
Page v - States are administered by the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior, and...
Page 120 - Forms may be obtained by writing to the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20006...

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