National Register of
Historic Places
Established in 1966
and managed by the National Park Service, the National Register of
Historic Places is the official list of structures, sites, objects
and districts that embody the historical and cultural foundations of
the nation. More that 60,000 resources of all kinds are
listed, including more than 2,000 properties in Virginia. For
a complete listing of Norfolk buildings, historic districts and
structures on the National Register, click
here.
Virginia
Landmarks Register
The Virginia Landmarks
Register, also established in 1966 and administered by the
Department of Historic Resources, is the state's official list of
properties important to Virginia's history.
Click
here to see a list of Norfolk sites listed on the Virginia
landmarks Register (Norfolk listing begins on page 7).
To be listed on the
national and state historic registers, a property must go through a
preliminary evaluation process and then be nominated to the
registers. A committee of the Department of Historic Resources
and the State Review Board review the requests for
nominations. In most cases, the board makes its preliminary
determination based on the information submitted in a Preliminary Information
Form.-- a starting point for the historical and architectural documentation
the Department of Historic Resources staff needs to assess your
property's eligibility for the registers.
Once completed, the
Preliminary Information Form must be submitted to the Regional Preservation Office, a regional office of the Department of
Historic Preservation. The evaluation process of the forms
usually takes three to four months to complete.
State and National
Register properties are eligible
for specific benefits: state
and federal tax
credits, federal
grants, state
grants, and limited
protection from federal actions. National Register listing does not
place any obligations or restrictions
on the use or disposition of the property, providing the federal
government is not involved.
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The
Virginia Department of Historic Resources administers two
programs to recognize architectural resources and to encourage their
continued preservation: the National Register of
Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.
