Timeline Highlights of Historic Preservation and Accessibility
AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES ACT allows landmarks, structures, and other objects of historical or scientific significance to be desitgnated as national monuments.
1906
HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY (HABS) is created to document historic buildings.
1934
HISTORIC SITES ACT establishes a national policy to preserve historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance.
1935
Private and federal preservation efforts merge to form the NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. General Services Administration (GSA) is created.
1949
1968 ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT requires federally funded facilities to be accessible to people with disabilities.
1968
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT is passed and establishes the National Register of Historic Places and defines the process for historic preservation
1966
PUBLIC BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION ACT gives the GSA responsibility for federal construction projects.
1959
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT is enacted to prioritize energy conservation in federal buildings. HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD (HAER) established to document technology and engineering features such as canals, railroads, dams, and bridges.
1969
ART IN ARCHITECTURE program established designating a percentage of construction budget to art acquisition.
1972
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) outlaws discrimination against persons with disabilities and establishes the Standards for Accessible Design.
1990
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT invests over a billion dollars for modernization projects at 150 GSA historic buildings.
2009
Historic Preservation Timeline
Julie Holmes
Created on October 11, 2024
Highlights of Historic Preservation and Accessibility
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Education Timeline
View
Images Timeline Mobile
View
Sport Vibrant Timeline
View
Decades Infographic
View
Comparative Timeline
View
Square Timeline Diagram
View
Timeline Diagram
Explore all templates
Transcript
Timeline Highlights of Historic Preservation and Accessibility
AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES ACT allows landmarks, structures, and other objects of historical or scientific significance to be desitgnated as national monuments.
1906
HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY (HABS) is created to document historic buildings.
1934
HISTORIC SITES ACT establishes a national policy to preserve historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance.
1935
Private and federal preservation efforts merge to form the NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. General Services Administration (GSA) is created.
1949
1968 ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT requires federally funded facilities to be accessible to people with disabilities.
1968
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT is passed and establishes the National Register of Historic Places and defines the process for historic preservation
1966
PUBLIC BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION ACT gives the GSA responsibility for federal construction projects.
1959
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT is enacted to prioritize energy conservation in federal buildings. HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD (HAER) established to document technology and engineering features such as canals, railroads, dams, and bridges.
1969
ART IN ARCHITECTURE program established designating a percentage of construction budget to art acquisition.
1972
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) outlaws discrimination against persons with disabilities and establishes the Standards for Accessible Design.
1990
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT invests over a billion dollars for modernization projects at 150 GSA historic buildings.
2009