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Historic Preservation Timeline

Julie Holmes

Created on October 11, 2024

Highlights of Historic Preservation and Accessibility

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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