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16 February 2016

National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Historic Places Database

The National Trust for Historic Preservation maintains an African American Historic Places Database.

This database lists more than 7,000 historic places from across the nation that are significant in African American history and culture. The information was gathered from various landmark lists, historic site directories, walking tour brochures, and recommendations from state and local preservation offices. This database not only provides recognition for these typically overlooked places, but is a tool for historians, city planners, zoning boards, preservation organizations, and others to better understand the African American experience in a specific town or region.

You can also access an article, Preserving African American Historic Places By Brent Leggs, Kerri Rubman, and Byrd Wood.

This is not the only web site to feature an African American historic places database, the National Park Service maintains the National Register of Historic Places Program and in February highlights featured African American historic properties.

I also found some state databases of interest such as the African American Historic Sites Database (a project by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities).

Are you aware of other databases which focus on African American historic places/sites?

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28 May 2015

What Places Matter to You?

This Place Matters is a campaign by the National Trust for Historic Preservation where everyone can share a “This Place Matters” sign superimposed on an image or in a photo taken of a place that matters to you. You can share these places online with the hashtag #ThisPlaceMatters. Your photos might show in the gallery on this page or on Instagram or Twitter.

Full details can be found here (same link as above).

What a great way to participate in National Preservation Month by sharing an image of a place that matters to you and which hopefully will be preserved for future generations.

What place(s) that matters did you post an image of?

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17 December 2014

The NextGen of Preservationists ...

We talk about preservation a lot! It’s so critical to ensuring that future generations will have access to the same documents, historic buildings, and more, as we do.

Part of what ensures that is something like the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HOPE (Hands-On Preservation Experience) Crew program.

At each local project, preservation craftspeople will mentor and oversee the work of HOPE Crew members, and provide instruction on a range of preservation bricks-and-mortar techniques. The skills that crew members acquire as part of the program provides them with competitive skills in the job market and create opportunities for a new generation of preservation craftspeople.

This is a brilliant way to make sure that a new generation of preservationists is created to continue to maintain national treasures.

I didn’t know that there was such a program until I read, New generation of preservationists at work in Raleigh National Cemetery.

The program pairs preservation crews with youth job training organizations through the national Corps Network to work on repairs across the country. Since the program launched earlier this year, there have been projects at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument in Montana and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta.

These programs and others like them are exciting to read about. We often lament that so many skills which were critical to our ancestors have disappeared or are less-practiced in today’s modern world. We don’t want a situation where important buildings and other structures fall into disrepair because the skills needed have disappeared. Such training in preservation and conservation are invaluable.

Has a youth-focused conversation/preservation group in your community repaired, preserved or conserved? Please share the story!

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