Executive Summary In conjunction with its May 9, 2003, quarterly meeting, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) hosted a second summit meeting of Federal agencies to discuss cultural heritage tourism. As was apparent at the first summit meeting in November 2002, many Federal agencies are already supporting heritage tourism in various ways through their missions and programs.

This report explains how saving energy is a benefit of preserving historic buildings - that it takes less energy to restore old buildings than to replace them. Designed for a general audience, it summarizes research that is described in detail in Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples.

The ACHP's Action Plan to Support SHPOs/THPOs, adopted July 14, 2015. Click here to view the plan in pdf format.

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

The ACHP is pleased to announce the availability of its voluntary Electronic Section 106 Documentation Submittal System (e106) for use by any federal agency (or officially delegated non-federal entity) when notifying the ACHP of a finding of adverse effect, inviting the ACHP to be a consulting party to resolve adverse effects, or proposing to develop a Programmatic Agreement for complex or multiple undertakings.  

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has posted updated guidelines for federal agencies about how to report on their progress in identifying, protecting, and using historic properties in their ownership or control, consistent with the requirements of Section 3 of Executive Order 13287 (EO).

Memorandum of Agreement among the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) regarding the construction of a United States District Courthouse (District Courthouse) on a block bounded by Broad, Grace, Seventh, and Eighth Streets in the City of Richmond, VA

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Arkansas State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) regarding the leasing of space by the US Attorney's Office in a new building built by a private developer and the demolition of the former Wortz Buscuit Company Factory (2003). 

Memorandum of Agreement among the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding the demolition of Building 46 and Structure 100 at Butler VA Medical Center, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Memorandum of Agreement Among the U.S. General Services Administration, the US Department of Agriculture, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Regarding the Conveyance of the Former Southeastern Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, Charleston, SC