NOTE: Be aware that the site www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com is not an official government website. Information contained in this commercial site may be outdated, misleading, or erroneous. The National Park Service's site for the National Register of Historic Places program is www.cr.nps.gov/nr.

NOTE: If the National Park Service links below do not open properly, simply copy the site's web address and paste it into your internet browser's address window.

National Park Service (NPS) sites

• "History & Culture" (the NPS gateway site for cultural resources)
• Federal Historic Preservation Laws (the official compilation of U.S. cultural heritage statutes, 2006 edition)
• "Built in America" (HABS/HAER collections in the Library of Congress)
• Certified Local Government Program
• Cultural Resources Diversity Program
• "Detroit: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary" 
• Heritage Preservation Services ("how to" information about rehabilitating historic buildings, conducting architectural surveys, interpreting historic resources, etc.)
• HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS
• Historic Preservation Learning Portal (a handy tool for searching for preservation content on several hundred indexed websites)
• Maritime Heritage program
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
• National Heritage Areas
• National Historic Landmarks program
• National Register of Historic Places program
• NPS Publications (including "Common Ground," "CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship," and others)
• "Preservation Briefs" (the NPS' guides to preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings)
• Recent Past Initiative
• The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties 
• Working on the Past in Local Historic Districts

Other sites

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Case Digest (Federal preservation case law)
• Heritage Preservation(including the Save Outdoor Sculpture! initiative)
• Housing and Urban Development's historic preservation site  
• National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
• National Council of State Historic Preservation Officers
• National Main Street Center (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (the nation's premier non-profit preservation organization)
• Partners for Sacred Places (promoting the preservation of historic houses of worship)
• Preservation Action (preservation's voice on Capitol Hill)
• Preservation Directory
• Preserve America (a historic preservation initiative of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Departments of the Interior and Commerce, and the White House)
• Save America's Treasures(a public-private partnership between the National Park Service and National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Save Our History (The History Channel and Preserve America)

Michigan sites

• Center for Great Lakes Culture
• Cityscape Detroit
• The Detroit Area Art Deco Society (DAADS)
• Friends of the Book-Cadillac Hotel
• Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association 
• Historic Light Station Information & Photography (U. S. Coast Guard)
• HistWeb (Washtenaw County's cultural resources GIS)
• Michigan Barn & Farmstead Survey (Michigan State University)
• Michigan Department of Transportation's Historic Bridges site
• Michigan Department of Transportation's History & Culture site
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Michigan Historic Preservation Network(Michigan's statewide non-profit advocacy organization)
• Michigan Lighthouse Fund (a non-profit organization that assists lighthouse stewards and maintains a funding source for lighthouse restoration)
• Michigan Secretary of State's Lighthouse Preservation license plate
• Preservation Wayne
• Save Fort Wayne

International sites

• Association for Preservation Technology International 
• Canadian Register of Historic Places
• Canadian Heritage
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• C.U.B.E. (Centre for the Urban Built Environment)
• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
• International Committee of the Blue Shield (protection of cultural patrimony during times of conflict)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites, United States National Committee (US/ICOMOS)
• National Historic Sites of Canada (Parks Canada)
• Organization of World Heritage Cities
• World Heritage (UNESCO)

Educational sites

• "Architecture: It's Elementary!" (architecture curriculum guide for elementary grades, by the AIA-Michigan and Michigan Architecture Foundation) 
• Ball State University, Muncie, IN
• Center for Historic Preservation at Youngstown State University, OH
• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
• National Council on Preservation Education (includes a comprehensive guide to academic programs in historic preservation and allied fields)
• National Preservation Institute
• PreserveNet (historic preservation clearinghouse at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
• THEN (The Heritage Education Network at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Architectural history/history sites

• ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online at George Mason University, VA) 
• DOCOMOMO(DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement
• National New Deal Preservation Association (an organization dedicated to preserving Depression-era architecture and design)
• The Perseus Digital Library
• Public History Resource Center
• Recent Past Preservation Network
• Society of Architectural Historians (including information on the book, Buildings of Michigan )
• Society for Commerical Archeology
• Society for Industrial Archeology
• Vernacular Architecture Forum

Heritage tourism, preservation planning, smart growth, and sustainable development sites

• American Planning Association
• "Big Box Sprawl (And How to Control It)" [PDF] (National Trust)
• Coolcities.com (Michigan's official Cool Cities site)
• Cool Cities (Office of the Governor, Michigan)
• CreativeClass.org
• Cultural Heritage Tourism (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Cyburbia
• EPA Smart Growth site
• Great Lakes Commission/Commission des Grands Lacs
• Great Lakes Information Network
• "Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl: Why Johnny Can't Walk to School" [PDF] (National Trust)
• Historic Preservation Plannning Program (NPS)
• Land Information Access Association
• Michigan Land Use Institute
• Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
• Michigan Society of Planning
• "Public Participation in Historic Preservation Plannning" (NPS)
• Selected Bibliographic Resources on Urban Sprawl (Library of Michigan)
• Smart Communities Network (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Smart Growth Online
• Smart Growth Tools for Main Street (National Trust)
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
• Urban Land Institute

Updated 2/6/2008

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