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Counting methodology is rooted in the language of a park's enabling legislation. Furthermore, the NPS contributes resources to "affiliated areas" which do not fall under its administration, and these do not count toward the official list number. An example is Oklahoma City National Memorial.
A qualifying rehabilitation is one that the NPS deems consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. [26] Properties and sites listed in the Register, as well as those located in and contributing to the period of significance of National Register Historic Districts, became eligible for the federal tax benefits.
National historic sites are generally federally owned and administered properties, though some remain under private or local government ownership. There are currently 86 NHSs, of which 76 are official NPS units, 9 are NPS affiliated areas, and one is managed by the United States Forest Service.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by state and territory on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of August 24, 2024, [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website. [3]
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (not an official NPS unit) Nevada: NPS manages roughly 50,000 acres (200 km 2) of 506,814 acres (2,051.00 km 2) Aztec Ruins National Monument: New Mexico: 318.40 acres (1.2885 km 2) Bandelier National Monument: New Mexico: 33,676.67 acres (136.2846 km 2) Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument: District ...
Fresno Pacific University (FPU) is a private Christian university in Fresno, California, United States. [1] It was founded as the Pacific Bible Institute in 1944 by the Pacific District Conference of U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches .
The building, designed by NPS architect Cecil J. Doty, it is a traditional adobe building, built the 1930s by crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is the largest adobe office building in the nation, and a masterpiece of Spanish Pueblo Revival architecture. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.