NOTE: If the National Park Service links below do not open properly, simply copy the site's web address and paste it into your internet browser's address window.

National Park Service (NPS) sites

• "History & Culture" (the NPS gateway site for cultural resources)
• Federal Historic Preservation Laws (the official compilation of U.S. cultural heritage statutes, 2006 edition)
• "Built in America" (HABS/HAER collections in the Library of Congress)
• Certified Local Government Program
• Cultural Resources Diversity Program
• "Detroit: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary" 
• Heritage Preservation Services ("how to" information about rehabilitating historic buildings, conducting architectural surveys, interpreting historic resources, etc.)
• HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS
• Historic Preservation Learning Portal (a handy tool for searching for preservation content on several hundred indexed websites)
• Maritime Heritage program
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
• National Heritage Areas
• National Historic Landmarks program
• National Register of Historic Places program
• NPS Publications (including "Common Ground," "CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship," and others)
• "Preservation Briefs" (the NPS' guides to preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings)
• Recent Past Initiative
• The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties 
• Working on the Past in Local Historic Districts

Other sites

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Case Digest  (Federal preservation case law)
• Heritage Preservation (including the Save Outdoor Sculpture! initiative)
• Housing and Urban Development's historic preservation site  
• National Alliance of Preservation Commissions 
• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
• National Council of State Historic Preservation Officers
• National Main Street Center (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (the nation's premier non-profit preservation organization)
• Partners for Sacred Places (promoting the preservation of historic houses of worship)
• Preservation Action (preservation's voice on Capitol Hill)
• Preservation Directory
• Preserve America (a historic preservation initiative of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Departments of the Interior and Commerce, and the White House)
• Save America's Treasures (a public-private partnership between the National Park Service and National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Save Our History (The History Channel and Preserve America)

Michigan sites

• Center for Great Lakes Culture
• Cityscape Detroit
• The Detroit Area Art Deco Society (DAADS)
• Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association 
• Historic Light Station Information & Photography (U. S. Coast Guard)
• HistWeb (Washtenaw County's cultural resources GIS)
• Michigan Barn & Farmstead Survey (Michigan State University)
• Michigan Department of Transportation's Historic Bridges site
• Michigan Department of Transportation's History & Culture site
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Michigan Historic Preservation Network (Michigan's statewide non-profit advocacy organization)
• Michigan Lighthouse Fund (a non-profit organization that assists lighthouse stewards and maintains a funding source for lighthouse restoration)
• Michigan Secretary of State's Lighthouse Preservation license plate
• Preservation Wayne
• Save Fort Wayne

International sites

• Association for Preservation Technology International 
• Canadian Register of Historic Places
• Canadian Heritage
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• C.U.B.E. (Centre for the Urban Built Environment)
• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
• International Committee of the Blue Shield (protection of cultural patrimony during times of conflict)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites, United States National Committee (US/ICOMOS)
• National Historic Sites of Canada (Parks Canada)
• Organization of World Heritage Cities
• World Heritage (UNESCO)

Educational sites

• "Architecture: It's Elementary!" (architecture curriculum guide for elementary grades, by the AIA-Michigan and Michigan Architecture Foundation) 
• Ball State University, Muncie, IN
• Center for Historic Preservation at Youngstown State University, OH
• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
• National Council on Preservation Education (includes a comprehensive guide to academic programs in historic preservation and allied fields)
• National Preservation Institute
• PreserveNet (historic preservation clearinghouse at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
• THEN (The Heritage Education Network at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Architectural history/history sites

• ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online at George Mason University, VA) 
• DOCOMOMO (DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement
• "Genealogy of a House: A Practical Guide to Researching Historic Structures" [PDF] (from the Archives of Michigan)
• National New Deal Preservation Association (an organization dedicated to preserving Depression-era architecture and design)
• The Perseus Digital Library
• Public History Resource Center
• Recent Past Preservation Network
• Society of Architectural Historians (including information on the book, Buildings of Michigan )
• Society for Commerical Archeology
• Society for Industrial Archeology
• Vernacular Architecture Forum

Heritage tourism, preservation planning, smart growth, and sustainable development sites

• American Planning Association
• Coolcities.com (Michigan's official Cool Cities site)
• Cool Cities (Office of the Governor, Michigan)
• CreativeClass.org
• Cultural Heritage Tourism (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Cyburbia
• EPA Smart Growth site
• Great Lakes Commission/Commission des Grands Lacs
• Great Lakes Information Network
• Historic Neighborhood Schools (National Trust)
• Historic Preservation Plannning Program (NPS)
• Land Information Access Association
• Michigan Land Use Institute
• Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
• Michigan Society of Planning
• "Public Participation in Historic Preservation Plannning" (NPS)
• Selected Bibliographic Resources on Urban Sprawl (Library of Michigan)
• Smart Communities Network (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Smart Growth Online
• Smart Growth Tools for Main Street (National Trust)
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
• Urban Land Institute

Updated 2/6/2008

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