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For the first time, the DC Historic Preservation Office has produced an Alphabetical version of the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, the District government's list of officially designated historic properties. Properties in the Inventory are deemed worthy of recognition and protection for their contribution to the cultural heritage of one of the nation's most beautiful and historic cities. The D.C. Inventory originated in 1964, with 289 listings. The 2009 version of the Inventory contains more than 700 designations encompassing nearly 25,000 properties. Included in the Inventory are: * 500 historic landmark designations covering more than 800 buildings * 150 historic landmark designations of other structures, including parks, engineering structures, monuments, building interiors, artifacts, and archaeological sites * 50 historic districts, including 28 neighborhood historic districts. Properties in the Inventory properties are protected by both local and federal historic preservation laws. The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) designates properties for inclusion in the Inventory, and the D.C. Historic Preservation Office (HPO) maintains the Inventory and supporting documentation. A component of the D.C. Office of Planning, HPO is both the staff to the Review Board and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the District of Columbia. The 2009 version of the D.C. Inventory is presented in multiple formats for convenience. Each of these formats is available on the HPO website at http:planning.dc.gov/hp. Please select DC Historic Sites to access the documents. A limited number of the 184-page publication was produced in hard copy format. Individual copies of the free publication are available by pick up only at the DC Office of Planning, 2000 14th Street, Suite 401 (Reeves Government Center) weekdays from 8:30 to 5:00. Bruce Yarnall Operations and Grants Manager DC Historic Preservation Office/Office of Planning 2000 14th Street, NW Suite 401 Washington, DC 20009 P: (202) 442-8835 F: (202) 442-7638 DC Counts! Make a difference in your community. Watch your US mail for your 2010 Census Form. www.census.dc.gov Matthew Gilmore H-DC list co-editor, web editor dc-edit@mail.h-net.msu.edu http://www.h-net.org/~dclist/ [list website] http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-DC [subscribe to H-DC] Remember to check http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=H-DC for past list messages.
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