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HABS is the Historic American Buildings Survey, part of the Library of Congress that produces a photographic record of historic structures (and some not so historic).  Inclusion on the National Register has some very strict criteria, much more so than HABS.

Donald E. Ehrenbeck, AICP, P.P.
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To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
From: peter@...
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:57:30 +1000
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: photo guidelines for National Register of HIstorice Places


















 



  


    
      
      
      On 15.03.2012 9:18 AM, Seth Rossman wrote:

> Can you say bureaucracy?  Probably two agencies doing the same redundant

> task without co-ordination. ;-)

[snip]

> On 3/14/2012 2:50 PM, Paul wrote:

[snip]

>> Just wondering... what is the difference between the National Register

>> and HABS? Do they have different missions? She had not heard of HABS,

>> nor had I until talking with another preservation friend a while back.



The two sets of records have different purposes, and they are both 

maintained by the one agency (the National Park Service of the US 

Department of the Interior):



The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of places 

that have legislative protection

http://www.nps.gov/nr/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places



HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey), along with HEAR (engineering) 

and HALS (landscape), are programs to record and document places, 

including those at risk of disappearance or change

http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_American_Buildings_Survey



Peter Marquis-Kyle

conservation architect

Australia



    
     

    
    






   		 	   		  

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