historic resources

SACRAMENTO — The city of Pasadena, home of the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl college football contest, is violating a new California law aimed at increasing affordable housing, the state's attorney general warned Tuesday. It's the…

Conservators are in the final stages of efforts to protect the historic James Custis Farm. (Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust) WILLIAMSBURG — Just $57,000 of $9.4 million remains to complete the protection of James Custis Farm, a…

The 11 steps of the staircase leading to the front door of the West Hillhurst Civic Building turned into a bigger than expected barrier for the National accessArts Center (NaAC). The group reached an agreement with the City of Calgary in…

State lawmakers aim to honor erased black cemeteries Briona Arradondo reports TAMPA, Florida. - On Wednesday, Hillsborough County Commissioners learned of 45 new unmarked graves and burial sites on county property, just as the state…

City of Huntington Beach leaders, staff and residents gathered Friday morning to say goodbye to the Michael E. Rodgers Seniors' Center.The center, located for decades on Orange Avenue, is being demolished. A new 2.01 acre park will be…

Although there was no debate, there was a lot of talk on Tuesday as a representative. Driskell FenceAbandoned African American Cemetery Bill Passes Unanimously House Government Operations Subcommittee. The law project (HB 1215) would create…

ALSTEAD - Vilas Pool Park in Alstead is one of four Granite State properties spanning two centuries of…

Several of the bills were introduced by Hampton Roads lawmakers. ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Virginia - Sometimes moving forward means first restoring and honoring the past. "Voters'…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Governor Wolf announced Tuesday that Pennsylvania has received more than $17 million in federal funding for the Appalachian Development Highway System under the bipartisan Infrastructure Act. “The…

“There has been some attention to the laws, but not enough given their impact on homeowners, people who rent or share homes that may be displaced by redevelopment and neighborhoods,” says Cary Brazeman, author of “ The End of Single-Family…

The City of Calgary and Heritage Calgary have launched their revamped mapping tool. MAP SCREENSHOT The City of Calgary and Heritage Calgary have launched a revised map with tools to access over 800 historic sites. The map of…

HIGHLAND - As part of a University of Southern Illinois (SSCC) Edwardsville Successful Communities Collaborative initiative funded by a $ 2,593.90 grant from the SIUE Meridian Society, the equipment that Supports Highland History…

Inside the old Star-Kist factory on Terminal Island in San Pedro. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Pirozzi) Exterior of the Star-Kist factory which once employed thousands of people in its tuna cannery in San Pedro. (Photo courtesy of Anthony…

A red almanac from 1875, a tattered book, thin brown text, a pamphlet, a coin and an envelope were discovered on Wednesday by conservation experts in a time capsule believed to have been locked in…

CHARLES CITY, Virginia - During his "Thank You, Virginia" tour, Governor Ralph Northam announced earlier this week that his two-year budget proposal will provide historic funding for the Chesapeake Bay, Commonwealth drinking water…

Verona is preparing a new master plan and the city authorities want to hear your opinion. The master plan is a document that can help the city decide what will be developed in the city, as well as how the city will approach transport,…

VIRGINIA / DC - The homes featured this week include a beautiful Victorian-style home in Falls Town Church with five bedrooms, three full baths, and a half bath. The house, built circa 1904, is a majestic gem that was brought back to…

December 9, 2021 - The press wire - Rockport, Ontario - New Age Metals Inc. (TSXV: NAM); (OTC: NMTLF); (FSE: P7J2) (“NAM” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the…

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam released the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, which gives a roadmap to protect the coastline of the state. The Virginia coast faces current and future challenges…

November 27-BLUEFIELD, Va. - A fence dividing a cemetery has fallen and years of overgrown vegetation have been removed, so now the sun and loved ones can find around 300 graves of people who helped build the town of Bluefield,…

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - The National Park Service announced Tuesday that it has awarded the largest grant in the history of its U.S. battlefield protection program to help preserve one of the!-->…

POINT PLEASANT, West Virginia - City of Point Pleasant employees have been busy putting together Christmas decorations and displays to put in place for the annual Krodel Light Show, a process that takes weeks but heads into the evening…

Affordable housing developers are appealing the rejection of their proposal for the five-unit complex at 1020 E Cooper Ave. in Aspen. (Kelsey Brunner / The Aspen Times)!-->…

Portland Historic District proposal receives overwhelming public opinion by: Joelle Jones Posted: November 3, 2021 / 6:38 PM PDT / Update: November 3, 2021 / 7:08 PM PDT !-->…

Chief's Cover, Navajo Nation, 1865-1870; Warp: hand spun native wool, Weft: hand spun native wool and frayed wool; Gift of Rex and Pat Lucke, 2021.609.5The Williamsburg Colonial Foundation As America honors Native American Heritage…

Oregon Pike motorists who have driven past the vacant Roseville Tavern in the past four years might have…

Katie bloomer Donor [email protected] Photographed by Katie Bloomer.City staff aims to improve the pedestrian potential and quality of life of the neighborhoods through their urbanization plan. The Asheville Planning and Zoning…

Exit: The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the recipients of its Callahan Incentive Grant, a matching grant awarded to nonprofit or government organizations undertaking the rehabilitation of a historic building or…

As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed La Jolla's historic Red Rest Cottage and damaged the adjacent Red Roost Cottage looms, plans are underway to restore the beachfront bungalows.The cottages, considered the oldest…

The haunting cries of trumpeting bull elks permeate the fall air, echoing through the grassy valleys and…

October 1 — Stabilization and restoration work on key components of Carrie's blast furnaces in Rankin, where iron was once produced for US Steel Corp.'s Homestead steel mill, could begin this fall on a project valued at $…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - The Commonwealth University of Virginia unveiled four panels on Friday commemorating 19th-century human remains that were found in an abandoned well on its MCV campus in 1994. The human remains, mostly…

"National parks are the best idea we've ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst." Wallace Stegner novelist, 1983 When we think of public lands, most of us conjure up…

CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia - Shannon Magenheimer has become the princess she has always dreamed of.As a child on trips to County Headquarters from the Longshop family farm, Magenheimer said she would imagine a magical life in The Oaks…

"It represents something," she said.In an email to the Historic Resources Committee and City Council following the September 10 meeting, Jane Smith, a member of the former Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, asked…

Tweeter Built in 1912, the Pacific Gas and Electric Powerhouse, also known as Sacramento River Station B, sits on the banks of the Sacramento River just north of downtown Sacramento. It was designed in the…

The "History of Medicine in California" murals were painted by Polish-born artist Bernard Zakheim, a collaborator of Diego Rivera, in the late 1930s. They were painted directly onto the plaster walls of an auditorium in Toland Hall, a…

by: Jakob Cordes, Timothy Corley Posted: August 22, 2021 / 3:25 PM EDT / Update: August 22, 2021 / 3:25 PM EDT (Photo: Timothy!-->…

Kevin Bash wants the world to know a WWII story about accomplishments at Norco Naval Hospital that the Navy says are not historically significant. Bash, the mayor of Norco, and the town worked for three years to get what was officially…

In October, the owners of 215 S. Wilton Place, an historic cultural landmark in LA City, are due to submit plans to the Cultural Heritage Commission to restore the front stairs, retaining wall, porch floor and much of the entire building.…

CONCORD - The New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources is pleased to announce that the State Historic Resources Board has added five properties to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.…