An Introduction to the National Register of Historic Places

There are a number of places throughout each of the six New England states that are on the National Register of Historic Places. The current issue of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s magazine, Preservation, has a good introductory article to the National Register, including what it does and how a property may get on the Register.

To access this article, please visit:

Preservation: What Is the National Register? (May/June 2011)

Background information:

National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation