Digital BW, The Print

On 15.03.2012 9:18 AM, Seth Rossman wrote:
> Can you say bureaucracy?  Probably two agencies doing the same redundant
> task without co-ordination. ;-)
[snip]
> On 3/14/2012 2:50 PM, Paul wrote:
[snip]
>> Just wondering... what is the difference between the National Register
>> and HABS? Do they have different missions? She had not heard of HABS,
>> nor had I until talking with another preservation friend a while back.

The two sets of records have different purposes, and they are both 
maintained by the one agency (the National Park Service of the US 
Department of the Interior):

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of places 
that have legislative protection
http://www.nps.gov/nr/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places

HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey), along with HEAR (engineering) 
and HALS (landscape), are programs to record and document places, 
including those at risk of disappearance or change
http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_American_Buildings_Survey

Peter Marquis-Kyle
conservation architect
Australia