Programmatic Agreement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, Connecticut State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding a Proposed Surgical and Clinical Tower at West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, New Haven County (CT)

Programmatic Agreement Among the United States General Services Administration, the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, the United States Federal Highway Administration, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the United States Department of Homeland Security Regarding the Redevelopment of St Elizabeths National Historic Landmark, Washington, D.C. 

On May 31, 2002, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved a Program Comment that facilitates the Army’s compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to its management of its inventory of Capehart and Wherry Era family housing and associated structures and landscape features.

Department of the Army Program Comment for the Preservation of Pre-1919 Historic Army Housing, Associated Buildings and Structures, and Landscape Features

This illustrated report summarizes the findings of a 1979 ACHP study on the contributions of historic preservation activities to urban revitalization. The data were derived from studying four historic districts - Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia; The Strand in Galveston, Texas; the Savannah Historic District in Georgia; and Pioneer Square in Seattle, Washington. The report summarizes the esthetic, economic, and social benefits of historic preservation in each district. 

Mrs. Laura Bush, honorary chair of the Preserve America initiative, led a national Preserve America Summit October 18-20, 2006, in New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation was a partner and served as Summit coordinator. In August 2007, the ACHP issued recommendations based on the issues raised at the Summit.

The Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point and North Fields, Tinian Island National Historic Landmark (collectively known as the Tinian NHL) are recognized for the role they played in World War II. The capture of Tinian, an island within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in the summer of 1944 from Japan by the United States Marine Corps provided American forces with an airstrip from which to support military campaigns in the Western Pacific and served as the base from which the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were staged.

The ACHP offers this as a reference for Native Hawaiian organizations, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) staff, and federal agency staff with responsibility for compliance with Section 106. In 2008, the ACHP adopted the ACHP Policy Statement on the ACHP’s Interaction with Native Hawaiian Organizations. The policy is intended to set “forth actions the ACHP will take to oversee the implementation of its responsibilities under the NHPA with respect to the role afforded to Native Hawaiian organizations in the NHPA.”

Memorandum of Agreement Among the General Services Administration, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Disposal of the Former U.S. Border Inspection Station in Noyes, MN