Over the past three months—before and after PastForward Online 2021 —the National Trust for Historic Preservation hosted a series of two-hour-long workshops as supplements to the conference itself. Each of these sessions are free and open to the public and take a detailed look at some of the...
How can preservation organizations ensure consistent stewardship of preservation easements over time, particularly with staff or organizational changes? Developing and adopting policies and procedures can improve the long-term stewardship and enforcement of the agreements they hold. Whether your...
The National Trust’s Law Division published model Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for preservation easement program administration. This document illustrates the type of SOPs and the general content of SOPs that should be implemented by preservation easement-holding organizations. The model...
2021 Preservation Easements Standard Operating Procedures Model.pdf
Join members of the National Trust’s Law Division for an introduction to the legal mechanisms used to protect historic resources, including constitutional issues related to governmental regulation of historic properties, preservation easements, as well as federal, state, and local historic...
Preservation Law 101 PPT_2021-09-27_FINAL.pdf
By Raina Regan and Daniel Watts Easement-holding organizations can utilize a variety of technology tools to track their easement stewardship activities. Microsoft Access or Filemaker Pro are two databases that can track information such as property owner contact information, approvals,...
In 2018, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund designated the Nina Simone Childhood Home as a National Treasure . The three-room, 660-square-foot home is significant for its association with Nina Simone and as the house where she...
By Shaw Sprague, Ross Bradford, and Raina Regan Editor's Note (July 2021): Together with coalition partners, the National Trust for Historic Preservation sent a letter to House and Senate leadership in support of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act . The bill seeks to...
How are preservation organizations that hold easements conducting monitoring visits while we are in the midst of a pandemic? We reached out to five different staff members from preservation organizations across the United States to hear how they’ve updated their practices to continue their ...
By Raina Regan and Casey DeHaven How does the coronavirus impact preservation professionals responsible for ongoing easement stewardship? In the short-term, being unable to visit easement properties may delay project reviews and defer cyclical easement inspections. At the National Trust,...
Building constructive relationships with property owners or representatives is a key element to successful easement administration. A property owner that knows and trusts the easement-holding organization, and more specifically, that organization’s representative, is more likely to reach out...