IMPORTANT DATES IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION
1789
1816
1827-28
1828
1850
1853
1855
1872
1889
1890
1905
1906
1910
1916
1926
1929
1931
1933
1935
1949
Massachusetts Historical Society founded
Philadelphia State House (Independence Hall) saved from demolition
Restoration of Touro Synagogue. Newport, RI –known as first
restoration project in country
William Strickland designed current State House (Independence Hall)
in Georgian style – known as first restoration architect in the country
New York State Legislature bought Hasbrouck House in Newburgh,
NY, George Washington’s headquarters during Revolutionary War,
thus became first publicly owned shrine to an American secular
patron saint, George Washington
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association formed to save Washington’s
home. Founded by Ann Pamela Cunningham
Nassau Hall at Princeton University damaged by fire. University
Trustees voted to retain as much of the historical old structure as
possible and to “restore” it.
Yellowstone National Park made a Federally protected area
Congress preserves Casa Grande in Arizona
Chickamauga Battlefield was authorized as first military park
Private interest saved and restored Paul Revere's Boston house.
Although associatively significant, the house attracted equal attention
Because it was the city’s oldest surviving frame building.
Antiquities Act, the country’s first national preservation legislation,
passed, designating monuments on Federal land and establishing
penalties for destroying federally owned sites
Creation of the Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities
Establishment of the National Park Service
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. begins funding the restoration of
Williamsburg, Virginia
Henry Ford established Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
Charleston, South Carolina establishes an “Old and Historic District”
The country’s first locally designated historic district
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Civilian
Conservation Corp authorized
Historic Sites Act passed by Congress to establish historic
preservation policy; it “established 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
preservation policy; it “established 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
National Trust for Historic Preservation establish
1966
1966
1966
1969
1971
1976
1978
1980
1981
1986
1988
1998
National Historic Preservation Act passed: major provisions
established preservation roles for federal, state, and local levels of
government.
Department of Transportation Act.
Demonstration Cities Act
National Environmental Policy Act.
Executive Order 11593 was issued by President Nixon
Tax Reform Act removed incentive for demolition of older buildings
provided for five-year rapid write-off for certified rehabilitation of
historic buildings.
Revenue Act established investment tax credit for rehabilitation of
historic buildings. US Supreme Court upheld New York City’s
permit denial under local preservation law in Penn Central
Transportation Co .v .City of New York
Main Street Program established by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. Amendment of National Historic Preservation Act of
1966 and inclusion of provision for Certified Local Government
status.
Congress passed Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA). Providing 25
percent tax incentive for rehabilitation of historic buildings
Tax Reform Act cut back some historic preservation tax incentives
Federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act authorized state management of
Significant shipwrecks, and encourages maritime preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation becomes independent of
federal funding.