Part 7—Detailed Guidance and Information Sources

Guidance materials about the Register program are extensive in volume and range. DHR suggests the following information sources as a good starting place to learn more. Detailed Guidance Materials Available on the DHR Website Includes: • A Brief Sketch of Historic Preservation in America • Key Points about the National and State Register Process for Property Owners • Facts Regarding Designation of Historic Districts • Notification and Public Participation Processes for Nominations • Board Meetings National Register Information • Register Nomination Checklist • Comparison Chart of Four Types of Historic Districts • Guide to the Essentials for Evaluating and Nominating a Property to the Registers • Property Owners’ FAQs about the Registers • Register Eligibility of Historic Cemeteries

It also includes the two DHR Architectural Style Guides: • Classic Commonwealth – Virginia Architecture from the Colonial Era to 1940 • New Dominion Virginia

Here you will also find the DHR guide for research in historic properties: How to Research Your Historic Virginia Property

dhr survey and register program special initiatives

The following initiatives are based on the Register program’s current priorities to broaden the scope and expanse of property types, historic people, and time periods represented in Register listings in Virginia: New Dominion Virginia (includes Civil Rights, African American Heritage, Modern Architecture, and Special Papers):

http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/NewDominion/index.htm

LGBTQ Heritage in Virginia (a special project in support of the National Park Service’s new NHL theme study): http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/NewDominion/indexLGBTQ.htm Continuity within Change: Virginia Indians. This pilot project about Virginia Indian tribes from the 17th through 20th centuries was conducted in partnership with the American Indian Resource Center and the College of William and Mary. Funding was provided in part by the NPS Underrepresented Communities Grant Program.

Assessing Rosenwald Schools in the Virginia Piedmont. A survey project in partnerships with Preservation Virginia and funded by the NPS Underrepresented Communities Grant Program Rehabilitation of Historic Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church in Richmond. A construction project in partnership with the Trustees of Third St. Bethel with funding provided by the African American Civil Rights Grant Program of the National Park Service. Archaeological Survey of the Pamunkey Reservation. A survey project in partnership with the Pamunkey Tribe and the College of William and Mary with funding provided by the DHR Threatened Sites Program and the Tides Foundation. African American Watermen Survey & Multiple Property Document. The purpose of this project is to prepare a MPD focused on historic resources associated with African American watermen in a portion of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay watershed. A selective reconnaissance level architectural survey of approximately 200 properties with historic resources will be conducted while the MPD and accompanying nomination are prepared.