Articles
Why Do Old Places Matter? An Introduction
URL: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Description: An overview of historic preservation, its importance, and how it contributes to sustaining cultural heritage.
Preservation and Restoration Techniques for Historic Buildings
URL: National Park Service Preservation Briefs
Description: A series of articles providing detailed guidance on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic structures.
Videos
Introduction to the Federal Historic Preservation Program. Host: NCPE, 6/17/20. Part 1 - Jim Gabbert
URL: YouTube - National Council for Preservation Education
Description: The National Council for Preservation Education's summer 2020 webinar series. This is the first webinar; speakers discuss the Federal Historic Preservation Program; the National Register of Historic Places; the National Park Service's State, Tribal, Local, Plans and Grants (STLPG) Division; the American Battlefield Protection Program; and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
This is part 1 (of 5) - Jim Gabbert, Historian, on the Federal Historic Preservation Program
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023
URL: YouTube - National Council for Preservation Education
Description: Since 1988, the National Trust has used its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places to raise awareness about the threats facing some of the nation's greatest treasures. Now in its 36th year, the annual list has identified more than 350 sites to date, and it has proven so successful in galvanizing preservation efforts that only a handful of sites have been lost.
Downloadable Materials
Layperson's Guide to Historic Preservation Law
URL: National Trust for Historic Preservation - Downloadable PDF
Description: Preservation Law Publications. The National Trust has launched a new series of publications on specific legal issues that are available in pdf format only.
Treatment of Flood-Damaged Older and Historic Buildings
URL: National Trust for Historic Preservation - Downloadable PDF
Description: The purpose of this booklet is to help building owners minimize structural and cosmetic flood damage. It contains general advice written to cover a wide variety of buildings with varying degrees of flood damage.