The mission of the Trust for Architectural Easements is to preserve America's architectural heritage. We accomplish this mission primarily through the acceptance and stewardship of historic preservation easements. The Trust is one of the largest preservation easement holding organizations in the country, with protected properties in eight states. In addition, the Trust supports community efforts to recognize historic properties and districts through listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Trust also provides grants to other non-profit organizations for bricks-and-mortar preservation projects and educational initiatives on topics related to American architecture and architectural history. Are you the owner of a building encumbered with a Trust easement who would like to make changes to the building, or who has other questions?. The designation expands the district by approximately 300 buildings.
Help support our programs in advocacy, funding and outreach. Please be sure to include an email address in your billing information so that we may keep you informed of activities and events.
The Trust also provides grants to other non-profit organizations for bricks-and-mortar preservation projects and educational initiatives on topics related to American architecture and architectural history. Are you the owner of a building encumbered with a Trust easement who would like to make changes to the building, or who has other questions?. The designation expands the district by approximately 300 buildings.
Help support our programs in advocacy, funding and outreach. Please be sure to include an email address in your billing information so that we may keep you informed of activities and events.
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Mission
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The Trust for Architectural Easements will be a leading force in the preservation of America's architectural heritage.
The Trust will consistently demonstrate qualities that will aid in fulfilling our mission.
We are committed to the preservation of America's architectural heritage.
We strive to ensure that individual properties and entire neighborhoods are preserved for future generations.
We will use a variety of methods to accomplish our mission, including accepting donations of historic preservation easements, cultivating an appreciation for historic architecture through public education, supporting other preservation organizations and funding preservation initiatives.
The Trust will consistently demonstrate qualities that will aid in fulfilling our mission.
We are committed to the preservation of America's architectural heritage.
We strive to ensure that individual properties and entire neighborhoods are preserved for future generations.
We will use a variety of methods to accomplish our mission, including accepting donations of historic preservation easements, cultivating an appreciation for historic architecture through public education, supporting other preservation organizations and funding preservation initiatives.
Historic Preservation
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The physical beauty of the United States comes not only from its diverse landscape, but also from the cities and towns that reflect our pioneer spirit and ingenuity.
Our historic built resources beautifully illustrate the story of America's transformation from a primarily rural nation to a diverse industrial society.
The buildings that comprise our historic neighborhoods tell us who we are as a nation and what has happened over the past 200 plus years.
They provide a living monument to our predecessors and a history lesson to our youth.
Our historic built resources beautifully illustrate the story of America's transformation from a primarily rural nation to a diverse industrial society.
The buildings that comprise our historic neighborhoods tell us who we are as a nation and what has happened over the past 200 plus years.
They provide a living monument to our predecessors and a history lesson to our youth.
Timeline
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1906 - U.S. Congress passes the Antiquities Act, the country's first federal preservation legislation.
The Act allows the designation of monuments on federal land and protects federally owned sites from demolition.
1926 - Henry Ford begins collecting historic buildings and objects at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
1978 - U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision in Penn Central Transportation Co. vs. City of New York, thus ruling in favor of New York City's local preservation law and denying the City a permit to demolish Grand Central Terminal.
The Act allows the designation of monuments on federal land and protects federally owned sites from demolition.
1926 - Henry Ford begins collecting historic buildings and objects at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
1978 - U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision in Penn Central Transportation Co. vs. City of New York, thus ruling in favor of New York City's local preservation law and denying the City a permit to demolish Grand Central Terminal.
Preservation Organizations
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Throughout the history of preservation in the United States, people have gathered formally and informally to establish organizations which disseminate information and promote responsible stewardship of historic built resources.
The passing of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established new government entities whose primary goals and responsibilities involved the preservation of the historic built resources in the U.S. NHPA instituted the framework for partnerships among preservation organizations at the federal, state, and local levels, emphasizing that the responsibility to preserve built resources needed to be shouldered not only by the country as a whole, but by the states, cities, towns, and villages in which the resources are located.
The passing of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established new government entities whose primary goals and responsibilities involved the preservation of the historic built resources in the U.S. NHPA instituted the framework for partnerships among preservation organizations at the federal, state, and local levels, emphasizing that the responsibility to preserve built resources needed to be shouldered not only by the country as a whole, but by the states, cities, towns, and villages in which the resources are located.
Preservation News
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The preservation community in the United States is constantly in motion, with new projects, partnerships, methods, and theories emerging and energizing the movement and the effort.
After more than a decade in which San Francisco politics was partly defined by antidevelopment and historic preservation forces, a backlash has begun.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission recently voted in favor of giving landmark protection to the 100-year-old B.F. Goodrich tire company building on Broadway, just north of 57th Street, but not to a connected building around the corner designed by the same architect at the same time.
After more than a decade in which San Francisco politics was partly defined by antidevelopment and historic preservation forces, a backlash has begun.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission recently voted in favor of giving landmark protection to the 100-year-old B.F. Goodrich tire company building on Broadway, just north of 57th Street, but not to a connected building around the corner designed by the same architect at the same time.
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