Columbus Landmarks’ values of Service, Transparency, and Life-long Learning means we seek and share out resources in preservation across the scales of local to international in both the public and private sectors.

Below is a listing of preservation and landmarking resources we have identified, organized by geographical scale, for your reference.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): “Vision: Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that peace must be built. UNESCO uses education, science, culture, communication and information to foster mutual understanding and respect for our planet. We work to strengthen the intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind and bring out the best in our shared humanity.”

• World Heritage List: “The World Heritage Online Map Platform, supported by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), is a pilot online geographic information system displaying georeferenced maps of World Heritage properties and buffer zones.”

United States Government

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Abbrev., ACHP,): Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, promotes “the preservation, enhancement, and sustainable use of the nation’s diverse historic resources, and advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.”

Historic Preservation – Department of the Interior (United States): “As manager of one-fifth of the land in the United States, the Department of the Interior develops national policy related to historic preservation and is steward of prehistoric and historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects.  Historic preservation professionals in fields like history, archeology, museum management, architectural history, and historic landscape architecture work on rural and urban lands to manage and protect resources that tell a diverse story of America’s lands and its people. Find more information on the historic preservation programs of the Department of the Interior:

• Department of the Interior Library: Historic Preservation: https://www.doi.gov/library/internet/historic
• Interior Museum Program: https://www.doi.gov/museum/
• Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Function: https://www.doi.gov/recovery/about-recovery/ncr-rsf-overview
• The National Park Service and Historic Preservation: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/index.htm
• NPS Archeology Program: https://www.nps.gov/archeology/
• NPS Technical Preservation Services: https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards.htm
• Bureau of Land Management Cultural Heritage: https://www.blm.gov/programs/cultural-resources
• Fish and Wildlife Services Historic and Cultural Treasures: https://www.fws.gov/program/historic-preservation
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management National Historic Preservation Act: https://www.boem.gov/NHPA/
• Bureau of Reclamation: Cultural and Paleontological Resources: https://www.usbr.gov/cultural/
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Environmental and Cultural Resources Management: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/division-environmental-and-cultural-resources-management-decrm
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement: Archaeological/Cultural Resource: https://www.bsee.gov/what-we-do/environmental-focuses/archaeological-cultural-resources-program
• Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards: https://www.doi.gov/pam/asset-management/historic-preservation/pqs
• Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Awards: https://www.doi.gov/pam/asset-management/historic-preservation/historic-preservation-awards
• Tribal Historic Preservation Program (THPO): Tribal Historic Preservation Program (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) “

Nationally-focused Nonprofits

National Trust for Historic Preservation: For more than 70 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has led the movement to save America’s historic places. A privately funded nonprofit organization, we work to save America’s historic sites; tell the full American story; build stronger communities; and invest in preservation’s future.”

Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP)

Gay Ohio History Initiative

Ohio – State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO): Ohio-SHPO “is the official historic preservation agency of the State of Ohio. It has developed since 1967 when the Ohio History Connection was designated to manage responsibilities delegated to the state by Congress in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Enacted after the destruction of numerous buildings and sites in the years following World War II, the National Historic Preservation Act encourages Americans to identify and preserve our nation’s cultural and historic resources. Visit the national Preservation50 web page to learn more about the history of the National Historic Preservation Act. Read the full text of the law here. The office also:

• prepares and distributes a state historic preservation plan,
• identifies historic places and archaeological sites,
• nominates eligible properties to the National Register of Historic Places,
• reviews rehabilitation work to income-producing National Register properties for federal investment tax credits,
• consults on significance and proposed federally-assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural, and archaeological resources,
• qualifies communities for the Certified Local Government program and administers matching grants to them,
• consults on the conservation of buildings and sites, and
• offers educational programs and publications”

Central Ohio Historical Societies

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Bronzeville Connects

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Atlas of Columbus

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Columbus, Ohio Settlement Reports

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