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The GSA Historic Preservation Program

Since 1949, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has provided excellence in the business of government. GSA’s Public Buildings Service acquires workspace for federal employees through new construction, leasing, and maintenance of federal property nationwide. Historic buildings constitute nearly 30% of GSA’s owned inventory. GSA's Historic Preservation Program provides technical and strategic expertise to promote the viability, reuse, and integrity of historic buildings GSA owns, leases, or has the opportunity to acquire. The Center for Historic Buildings develops prototype solutions and tools and promotes best practices in documentation, treatment, training and regulatory compliance. For more information on GSA 's historic building stewardship policies, management tools, federal building architectural styles, and the significance of GSA’s public buildings legacy, please consult GSA's Historic Preservation Program.

 

The ACHP-GSA Partnership 

For over two decades, GSA has supported a full-time staff position at the ACHP dedicated exclusively to serving the programmatic needs of GSA.  Under the supervision of the ACHP's Office of Federal Agency Programs (OFAP), Federal Property Management Section (FPMS), the GSA Liaison maintains responsibility for advising and assisting GSA through required historic preservation regulatory compliance processes. The ACHP GSA liaison partnership is memorialized using a reimbursable support agreement aimed specifically at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of GSA’s capital program, leasing, and real property disposal activities. 

 

More Information

- GSA Section 106 Digital Archive (online repository of executed program alternatives and agreements).
GSA's Historic Preservation Program (external link).
- GSA Historic Preservation Staff Contact Information (external link). 

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ACHP Point of Contact

  • Historic Preservation Specialist
    Katharine Cline
    (202) 517-0225
    kcline@achp.gov

Agency Point of Contact

  • Federal Preservation Officer
    Beth L. Savage
    beth.savage@gsa.gov
    (202) 208-1936

Success Stories

The Section 106 process can result in great success with projects large and small. Consultation is a hallmark of the process. Read the Section 106 Success Stories below and learn how to nominate a worthy case for a spotlight story.

Center Building at St. Elizabeths

St. Elizabeths

Washington, District of Columbia

Headquarters Consolidation Revives St. Elizabeths NHL West Campus

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H.L. Hunley

Charleston, South Carolina

The Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley: Completing the Journey

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