Historic Preservation Office (Historical Preservation Center), 1867 - 2002
Scope and Contents
This record group contains records created and maintained by the South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs and includes meeting minutes, photographs, publications, correspondence, audio recordings of speeches and presentations, videotape recordings, grant files, school building specifications, budgets and other financial reports, architectural drawings of historic buildings, administrative subject files, posters, and annual reports.
Dates
- 1867 - 2002
Administrative History
The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) was created in to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665) and currently manages the National Register of Historic Places program of the National Park Service in South Dakota. The program surveys, inventories, and registers historical properties; monitors state, federal, and local government activities which affect cultural and historic resources; provides advice on preservation methods; promotes public education on historical properties; and supports municipal and county historic preservation commissions to advance the state's economic, social, and educational objectives.
Extent
12.6 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
- Historic Preservation -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
Part of the South Dakota State Archives Repository
900 Governors Dr
Pierre South Dakota 57501 USA
605-773-3804
605-773-6041 (Fax)
archref@state.sd.us
