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Excerpt from Federal Historic Preservation Laws
Although Congress created the world''s first national park, Yellow stone, in 1872 by setting aside over 2 million acres as a public park under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, the concept of a system to conserve and protect a wide variety of our natural and cultural resources nationwide evolved slowly. A growing interest in preserving not only the great scenic wonders of the American West but the sites and structures associated with early Native American cultures led to passage in 1906 of the Antiquities Act which authorized the President to declare by public proclamation [as national monuments] historic landmarks, historic and prehis toric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest. With the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, Congress established a national conservation agency with the primary te sponsibility of promoting and regulating its Federally-owned lands in a manner that would leave them unimpaired for the enjoy ment of future generations. With the enactment of the Historic Sites Act of 1935, the preservation mandate of the National Park Service was extended to include historic properties not owned or administered by the Federal government.
Subsequent Federal historic preservation law is grounded in these early concepts of conserving cultural resources for the benefit of future generations and focuses on the identification, designation, and protection of historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects across the country. Since 1966 when the seminal National Historic Preservation Act was passed, over a dozen major pieces of Federal preservation legislation have been enacted.
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Although Congress created the world''s first national park, Yellow stone, in 1872 by setting aside over 2 million acres as a public park under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, the concept of a system to conserve and protect a wide variety of our natural and cultural resources nationwide evolved slowly. A growing interest in preserving not only the great scenic wonders of the American West but the sites and structures associated with early Native American cultures led to passage in 1906 of the Antiquities Act which authorized the President to declare by public proclamation [as national monuments] historic landmarks, historic and prehis toric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest. With the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, Congress established a national conservation agency with the primary te sponsibility of promoting and regulating its Federally-owned lands in a manner that would leave them unimpaired for the enjoy ment of future generations. With the enactment of the Historic Sites Act of 1935, the preservation mandate of the National Park Service was extended to include historic properties not owned or administered by the Federal government.
Subsequent Federal historic preservation law is grounded in these early concepts of conserving cultural resources for the benefit of future generations and focuses on the identification, designation, and protection of historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects across the country. Since 1966 when the seminal National Historic Preservation Act was passed, over a dozen major pieces of Federal preservation legislation have been enacted.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
National Park Service
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780260007711
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 101
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Contributors
Author
National Park Service
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528546065
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 103
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