OPRD release – SALEM, Ore. – The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) will meet November 30 and December 1 via conference call to consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. This meeting is open to the public. The SACHP meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. both days to consider nominations to the National Register. Anyone may listen to the meeting and instructions on how to attend will be posted on the commission web page prior to the meeting. Registration is required to speak at the meeting, and is available online at https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Commissions.aspx#SACHP Thursday’s meeting agenda: hearings of one proposed multiple property document and five proposed nominations. Friday’s meeting agenda: hearings of two proposed multiple property documents and four proposed nominations. For specific hearing times, refer to the online agenda: www.oregonheritage.org (click on “Commissions & Committees” at top of page and look under “State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation”). The committee will review three proposed multiple property documents: The Architecture of Donald J. Stewart in Washington and Oregon, 1933-1967 MPD, Oregon and Washington; Historic Residential Resources of Redmond, Oregon MPD, Redmond; Oregon New Deal Resources from the PWA and WPA, 1933-1943 MPD, Statewide. The committee will review nine proposed nominations: Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Portland; Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, Portland; Golden West Hotel, Portland; Burford-Stanley House, Monmouth; South Park Blocks, Portland; Norman and Frances Swanson House, Redmond; Dallas Cinema, Dallas; Rex Theater, Vale; State Library of Oregon, Salem. This effort aligns with the Oregon Historic Preservation Plan goal to increase the thematic diversity of Oregon properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It also supports the goals to include more voices and increase access to Oregon heritage that are part of the Oregon Heritage Plan. Nominations recommended by the SACHP go to the National Park Service, which maintains the Register under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The SACHP is a nine-member governor-appointed citizen commission with credentials in many historic preservation-related fields. The conference call is accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations for the meeting may be made with at least three days of advance notice by calling (503) 986-0690. More information about the National Register of Historic Places process is online at www.oregonheritage.org (click on “National Register” at left of page).
