Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Historic Sites

Campaign Webinar

Webinar Agenda

1. What is the AAPI Heritage Initiative, and how can you get involved? – Isra Pananon, Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks 2. An inside look at historic preservation – Kathy Ko Chin, WHIAAPI Commissioner

3. How to nominate a site to the National Historic Register or as a National Historic Landmark – Jamie Jacobs, Acting Branch Chief, National Historic Landmarks Program 4. Capturing intangible history with “East at Main St: APIA Mapping Project” – Michelle Magalong, Asian Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation

5. Questions from the audience

6. Wrap up and next steps  

What is the AAPI Heritage Initiative, and how can you get involved?

- AAPI Heritage Initiative - Secretary Salazar announced in Feb 2013- Significance to AAPI communities- Includes 3 components: theme study (led by Dr. Franklin Odo),

capturing intangible history, historic site nominations (focus of webinar)

- Ways to get involved:- Share intangible history resources (i.e. AAPIs in Civil War book, East at

Main St: APIA Mapping Project)- Nominate historic sites for state, local or federal recognition – can be a

community organization, university, community member- Or consider informal ways to recommend sites of interest (i.e. East at

Main St mapping project, NPS Public Comment Site)

An inside look at historic preservationAngel Island Immigration Station: National Register of Historic Places & National Historic LandmarkKathy Ko Chin, President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIsKKC.AAPICOMMISSION@gmail.com

http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1872903132&ResourceType=District

Heart Mountain George Nakashima Complex

Listing and Designation Programs in the National Park ServiceIntroduction to the National Register of Historic Places

and the National Historic Landmarks Program

National Park Service

State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)

Communities

Universities

Consultants

Historic Preservation Stakeholders & Roles

Conservation

Comprehensive documentation

Interpretation

Mitigation

Listing and Designation

Reasons for Cultural Resource Documentation

HISTORIC SITES ACT OF 1935TITLE 16‐-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 1A‐‐HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIESSUBCHAPTER I‐‐GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 461. Declaration of national policyIt is declared that it is a national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States.

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966as amended through 1992

Public Law 102-575

National Park Units~~

National Historic Landmarks~~

National Register of

Historic Places

405

Over 90,000 listings

representing over 1.7 million

properties

2,551

National Register of Historic Places

History that has meaning either to the local community, to the residents of a specific state, or to the citizens of the nation as a whole.

National Historic Landmarks

History that has importance to the nation as a whole.

This house is one of 429 making up the Dominion Hills district in Arlington County, Virginia (1945-48), a merchant-built subdivision having local significance.(EHT Traceries, Inc.)

This house is one of 320 contributing resources in Radburn, New Jersey, which holds national significance as an influential planned suburb whose core was completed between 1928 and 1934. (NHL)

The Purpose of NR and NHL Documentation

Clarifies why a property is significant and at what level it is significant and the degree to which it maintains integrity, therefore making it eligible for National Historic Landmark designation or listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

NHL documentation also must provide comparisons with other related properties to explain why the property being considered has the strongest and best association with the event, historic pattern, or individual in question

Provides benchmark information that can be used to protect the property in the future.

Criterion 1 (NHL) or A (NR): Events or Broad Patterns in American History

Criterion 2 (NHL) or B (NR): Individuals

Criterion 3: American Ideals

Criterion 4 (NHL) or C (NR): Architecture, Design, Engineering

Criterion 5: A Compendium (District)

Criterion 6 (NHL) or D (NR): Archeology

NHL & NR Criteria: a nomination demonstrates a property’s significance using the following criteria:

National Register of Historic Places

Properties listed in the National Register have to maintain “enough” integrity relative to their level of significance.

National Historic Landmarks

A property designated as a National Historic Landmark must maintain a high level of integrity.

Walter French Junior High School, Lansing, Michigan Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Integrity refers to the property’s retention of its historic fabric.

A property with a high level of integrity is one that does notappear to be significantly changed from its condition when the historical events at the property occurred (during its period ofsignificance).

The NHL and NR programs recognize seven aspects of integrity for above-ground resources:

Location Design

Setting Materials Workmanship

Feeling Association

How does a property get listed in the National Register?

• With the consent of the property owner, an interested individual works with the National Register Coordinator of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to write a National Register nomination.

• The nomination is reviewed by the State Review Board (composed of experts in history, preservation, architectural history, archeology, etc.).

• Following approval by the State Review Board, the nomination is forwarded to the Washington, DC office of the NPS for review.

• The NPS has 45 days to review the nomination. A Control Unit performs a technical review.

• If the nomination is flagged for review or if the property is listed at the national level, the nomination is sent to a NR reviewer for a substantive review.– If there are no issues for review, the nomination is listed in the NR.

• The nomination may be rejected, returned to the state for corrections, or listed with corrections within the 45 day listing period.

How does a property become a National Historic Landmark?

• A State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO), a Federal Preservation Officer (FPO), a Regional Office of the National Park Service, a scholar or an interested member of the general public writes a letter of inquiry to the National Park Service.

• NHL staff in both Washington, DC and NPS Regional Offices review the letter to determine if the site appears to meet the criteria for an NHL. If the site has the potential to become an NHL, the staff provides the preparer with detailed guidance as the nomination is written.

• Working with the preparer, staff from the National Historic Landmarks program in Washington DC and NPS Regional Offices edit and review the nomination.

• Subject matter experts and scholars from across the nation review the nomination. Their suggestions and assessments are incorporated into the nomination.

• The Landmarks Committee reviews the nomination before making a recommendation to the National Park System Advisory Board.

• The National Park System Advisory Board reviews the nomination before making a recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior.

• The nomination is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior. • The Secretary considers the recommendations and decides whether or not to

designate the property as a National Historic Landmark.

How long does it take for a property to be listed in the NR or be designated a NHL, and what are the estimated costs?

National Register:

Varies from state to state, but generally less than a

year.

$3,000 - $7,000 value of time and/or consulting

fees to prepare nomination.

National Historic Landmarks:

Typically, one to three years.

$15,000 - $35,000 value of time and/or consulting fees.

NPS Grant Opportunities• Japanese Confinement Sites Grants

– Awarded to preserve and interpret U.S. Confinement Sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Grants awarded through a competitive process and require matching ($2 Federal to $1 non-Federal match). Minimum grant request is $5,000.

– http://www.nps.gov/JACS/application.html • Underrepresented Community Grants

– Goal is to increase the number of National Register listings associated with communities currently underrepresented, including African American, Latino, AAPI and LGBT communities.

– Grants can support surveys and inventories of historic properties, as well as the development of National Register nominations.

– 2014 grants include AAPI preservation work in Massachusetts & Utah– http://www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/community-grants.html

Heritage Initiatives

Heart Mountain George Nakashima Complex

James A. (Jamie) Jacobs, Ph.D. Acting Branch Chief, NHL Program

202-354-2184 james_jacobs@nps.gov

National Register of Historic Placeswww.nps.gov/nr/

National Historic Landmarks Programwww.nps.gov/nhl/

Final Thoughts & Next Steps• Recap of ways to get involved:• Share intangible history resources (i.e. AAPIs in Civil War book, East at Main

St: APIA Mapping Project)• Nominate historic sites for state, local or federal recognition – can be a

community organization, university, community member• Universities and AANAPISIs can partner with community organizations

• If you can’t commit to a formal nomination right now, consider informal ways to recommend sites of interest (i.e. East at Main St mapping project, NPS Public Comment Site)

• Timeline & Milestones• Theme study to be completed in early 2016• Next funding period for Underrepresented Community Grant applications

expected to open in April 2015

Additional Resources• National Park Service AAPI Heritage Initiative and Civil War book

– http://www.nps.gov/history/AAPI/ – http://www.eparks.com/store/product/118828/Asians-and-Pacific-Islanders-and-the-Civ

il-War/

• National Park Service Public Comment Site (for informal recommendations of potential AAPI-related historic sites)– https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=64642 – http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=64642

• List of State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)– http://www.nps.gov/nr/shpolist.htm

• Sample National Register site nominations– http://www.nps.gov/nr/sample_nominations.htm

• Historic Preservation Links– http://www.nps.gov/nr/preservation_links.htm#notnps

For other questions related to the AAPI Heritage Initiative, contact Theodora Chang at the National Park Service: theodora_chang@nps.gov / (202) 208-5035