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Listing of Recent Past Surveys and Organizations
by City and State
As of January 2003,
2,332 of the nearly 76,000 listings in the National Register of Historic
Places have been nominated under Criteria Consideration G, which states
that a property achieving significance within the past fifty years is
eligible if it is of exceptional importance.
Exceptional importance
does not require that the property be of national significance but is
a measure of a property's importance within the appropriate historic context,
whether the scale of that context is local, state, or national. The necessary
perspective to determine that the property is exceptionally important
can be provided by scholarly research and evaluation, and must consider
both the historic context and the specific property's role in that context.
More information:
National
Register Bulletin: Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties
that have Achieved Significance Within the Last Fifty Years.
RPPN Exclusive:
List of 2,307 properties listed on the National Register of Historic
Places under Criteria Consideration G. Download
Excel file or view in html on
the web.
See
also our National
Historic Register and National Historic Landmark Nominations also
Statements of Significance.
These nominations for buildings less than fifty years old were submitted
to the National Register for Historic Places of the Department of the
Interior or individual state historic preservation offices. These public
documents can be used as models for your own nominations.
Our
General Link page can be accessed here.
Included below are
links to official surveys conducted by cities and states as well as "fan
sites" maintained by individuals. RPPN encourages submissions to
this page. Please write to submit@recentpast.org
with your information. See also our RPPN
State Representatives list, including 22 states, D.C. and British
Columbia, to make a local contact.
Arizona:
Modern
Phoenix Neighborhood Network, featuring photographic documentation
and interactive discussion of classic midcentury domestic architecture
in Phoenix, AZ. Also includes a message board for exchanging information
and queries.
California:
Organizations: Los Angeles Modern
Committee; Palm Springs Modern
Committee, South
Lake Avenue, Pasadena (history of this midcentury commercial area);
PreserveLA
Modern
San Diego A website started after the discovey of
a wealth of progressive architecture throughout the county, including
designs by Paul Rudolph, John Lloyd Wright, and Lloyd Pietrantonio Ruocco.
Learn more about the architects, their firms, and the neighborhoods where
these structures can be found.
Colorado:
Denver,
The Modern City.
A
$10 booklet published by and available from Historic
Denver, Inc. Authored by Michael Paglia, Rodd L. Wheaton, and Diane
Wray. Photography by Jeff Padrick. Take a tour of downtown Denver's wealth
of twentieth-century modern architecture from Art Deco to Post Modern.
This easy-to-use publication can serve as the basis for your own walking
tour or as a prototype for surveys in other cities.
Golden
Landmarks Association. Golden Landmarks Association is a nonprofit
organization that preserves historic places and educates people about
the wonderful history the Golden area has to offer. Membership in our
organization is open to anyone interested in preserving and learning more
about Golden's historical legacy. We save landmarks, collect historic
artifacts, offer historical tours, and much much more! Serving the Golden
Area since 1971.
Florida:
Beyond the Box: Midcentury
Modern Architecture in Miami and New York
Evocative of both physical and social arrival, the architecture of Popular
Modernism celebrated the satisfaction of having made it. Frequenting resort
hotels, office buildings, campuses, arts complexes and jetports, the burgeoning
middle class asserted their "arrival". Derided as gauche and
nouveau riche, their favorite locales were often the target of critics.
Or was it the newly affluent themselves? Nevertheless, these buildings
were now their stage. This celebration of arrival was expressed in the
spectacular forms of Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal or your local supermarket.
Illinois:
The
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, along with a number of
cooperating organizations including RPPN, has initiated a major effort
to survey recent past resources in the "Chicagoland" area. From
the website: "LPCI hopes the Chicagoland effort will be the first
of several “recent past” survey initiatives throughout the state. With
the findings from the survey, the coalition will be able to inform and
educate public officials and preservation commissions about important
buildings in their communities that should be protected. As a coalition,
these organizations and various individuals will strategize on a survey
initiative to begin the fall of 2005 by dividing areas geographically
and by prioritizing areas based on threat. LPCI is also currently gathering
information from Illinois communities with preservation commissions to
determine the extent of local awareness of recent past architecture."
Be sure
to fill in your favorite building using the on-line survey form! More
details here.
Indiana:
Gary,
Indiana.
Personal site based on thesis research by Chameyer@netnitco.net.
"Welcome to Gary - 'America's Magic Industrial City'; a site devoted
to save, preserve, and disseminate information relating to Gary, Indiana
architectural history. Site also presents previously undocumented designs
by numerous architects including J.T. Hutton, John Eberson, Holabird &
Roche, George & Arthur Dean, George Maher & Son, and Frank LLoyd Wright.
Kentucky:
On
the Road: Kentucky's Roadside Commercial Architecture, 1920-1960.
An Online Exhibit Sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Council, featuring
Gas Stations, Ducks, Drive-Ins, Restaurants, Motels, Signs, and Miniature-Golf
courses.
Maryland:
The
Historic Preservation Program at University of Maryland's School of Architecture
has begun a project to research and survey historical resources related
to the advent and evolution of the Modern movement in the state of Maryland.
Funded by the Maryland Historical Trust, this project is intended to raise
awareness of the local heritage of the Modern movement, to advocate its
preservation and to join the discussion on issues raised by the desire
to preserve the recent past. The research documents buildings, landscapes,
and other resources designed or built between approximately 1930 and 1970
in all parts of the state. In this first year of a projected three-year
project, we focus on identifying, contextualizing, and surveying an inventory
of appropriate landmarks, as well as clients, architects, planners associated
with them. We are currently engaged in archival and bibliographic research,
windshield surveys, roundtables with experts assembled from around the
state, and interviews with living pioneers of the Modern Movement in Maryland.
Should you have any questions or comments about our project-or want to
let us know about a Modern movement resource in Maryland-please email
us or contact us at: Modern Movement in Maryland, Historic Preservation
Program, School of Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD 20742 - Tel 301.405.6456 Fax 301.314.9583
Silver
Spring Historical Society. The mission of the all volunteer
Silver Spring Historical Society (SSHS) is to create and promote awareness
and appreciation of Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational
activities and the preservation and protection
of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives. Related
efforts on RPPN.
Michigan:
Short
list of statewide recent past landmarks provided by RPPN rep. Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock
Michigan State
Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
http://www.michigan.gov/shpo
Michigan Historical Center
Department of History, Arts and Libraries
717 W. Allegan Street
P.O. Box 30740
Lansing, MI 48909-8240
517-373-1630
FAX 517-335-0348
Michigan Historic Preservation Network (MHPN)
http://www.mhpn.org/
314 1/2 N. Walnut
Lansing, MI. 48933-1124
Phone: 517-371-8080
Fax: 517-371-9090
E-mail: info@mhpn.org
Missouri:
Kansas City:
OldKC.com A
personal site with recent past photographs and commentary. Accepts submissions.
Maintained by Don Thompson.
Nebraska:
Preservation Organization: 2020 Omaha.
Founded in 2001 in response to the demolition of key 20th century Omaha
buildings, and the failure of preservation efforts to save the Indian
Hills Theater. In order to effect more successful solutions in future
planning and development plans, the founding members recognizing the need
to establish a proactive organization dedicated to promoting the preservation
of Omaha’s 20th century architecture and landscape architecture, focusing
on those resources built after 1920. More
details on the 2020 Omaha
website. See
our RPPN - 2020 Omaha
page for updates on historic recent past structures in Omaha.
Nevada:
Preserve
Nevada: Preserve Nevada is a nascent organization founded by an
experienced and committed group of preservationists devoted to Nevada's
cultural and archeological heritage. Although the goal of historic preservation
is one common to all states, the diversity of Nevada's heritage, its historical
boom-and-bust cycles, the current dynamism of its economy, and rapid growth
all present unique challenges and opportunities. Preserve Nevada's Board
has spent nearly a year of collective and individual effort to develop
an effective and sustainable organization to identify and meet the special
needs of Nevada's preservation community.
Classic
Las Vegas: "The Las Vegas Centennial is here. We are researching
and interviewing native born and longtime Las Vegas residents, recording
their memories of old Las Vegas. We call it Classic Las Vegas,
the world of glamour and gambling and the all-American town that made
it possible. This is a unique perspective that has never been adequately
explored, the story behind the entertainment capital of the world. We
are interviewing people from all walks of life, people that usually never
have a voice in "official" histories. Some are famous, most are not. Historical
and educational documentary films with research material archived for
the public When completed, we will have interviewed over 130 people. This
unique and priceless footage will be used to create two documentary films,
The Story of Classic Las Vegas and The Women Who Built Las Vegas.
The video interviews, personal photos, documents and home movies that
we have archived will ultimately be donated to the Lied Library's Special
Collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas."
New
York:
Short
list of New York City recent past landmarks provided by RPPN member Erin
Tobin Bearden
Beyond the Box: Midcentury
Modern Architecture in Miami and New York
Evocative of both physical and social arrival, the architecture of Popular
Modernism celebrated the satisfaction of having made it. Frequenting resort
hotels, office buildings, campuses, arts complexes and jetports, the burgeoning
middle class asserted their "arrival". Derided as gauche and
nouveau riche, their favorite locales were often the target of critics.
Or was it the newly affluent themselves? Nevertheless, these buildings
were now their stage. This celebration of arrival was expressed in the
spectacular forms of Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal or your local supermarket.
North
Carolina:
Charlotte,
North Carolina. Final Report: Post World War Two Survey.
Sherry Joines Wyatt & Sarah Woodard for David E. Gall Architects. "The
post-war years saw common citizens experience economic prosperity not
previously known. This, in turn, sparked a renewal and explosive expansion
of trends begun in the wealthy 1920s. Some of the most notable and important
of these patterns, with respect to the built environment, were suburban
expansion, transportation improvements and accessibility, and a renewed
interest in Modernist ideas about architecture. These three national trends
created the three local contexts of community planning, transportation,
and architecture in which Charlotte’s post-war Modernist architecture
developed. An examination of these contexts and the dynamic changes in
the booming, post-war New South City of Charlotte between 1945 and 1965
can serve as a case study of the historical climate in which post-war
architecture evolved throughout North Carolina."
Oklahoma:
Tulsa
Preservation Commission Tulsa’s
historic buildings and sites are what make Tulsa, Tulsa. Our unique history
is what gives Tulsa its flavor, and lets you know that you’re not
just anywhere. Tulsa’s lovely historic neighborhoods, downtown skyscrapers,
and industrial buildings are important aesthetic and economic assets,
but they also provide a tangible link between the past and the present.
Oregon:
Eugene
Modernism Context,
1935-1965.
Prepared in 2002 by Sally Wright and David Pinyerd of Historic
Preservation Northwest, a local historic preservation consulting firm.
The study overlaps the general "Eugene Area Historic Context Statement"
by ten years and includes resources that are not yet fifty-years old so
that the document can be updated as needed. Funded in part with federal
funds from the National Park Service and administered by the Oregon State
Historic Preservation Office. Posted on-line as a series of downloadable
PDF files.
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania - at www.brynmawr.edu
"As
a way of stimulating interest in modern architecture, and identifying
buildings that could eventually be designated by county historical commissions,
the Historic Resources Committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA
has assembled the following list of buildings built in the Greater Philadelphia
Area between 1930 and 1972 (25 years ago). The list is by no means complete,
and most likely lacks many significant industrial, residential and commercial
structures built in the eight county area during that period. Included
on this list are a dozen buildings built after 1930 that were identified
in the Historic Architectural Inventories of Lower Merion Township compiled
between 1985 and 1991." Compiled by Charles A. Evers and initially
published in May 1997 in The Philadelphia Architect.
Texas:
Nifty
Fifty: Finding the Best Buildings of the Past 50 Years.
Historic preservation
often focuses on buildings constructed at least 50 years ago, but how
do we save newer buildings for tomorrow? Do you know of a post-1950 building
in your community that you hope will exist in 50 years? The Texas Historical
Commission is conducting a public architectural survey to encourage discussion
and appreciation of architecture that best represents the last 50 years.
The building might be a grand hotel or a simple neighborhood home or store.
To nominate a building, print out and complete the survey
form on their website. Include at least one photograph and mail to
the address on the form. For more information, call 512-463-6183 or email
the Nifty Fifty coordinator.
Architecture
in Downtown Dallas. This personal site lists descriptions and
photographs of a number of mid-century structures and also maintains a
list of The Tallest
Buildings in Dallas featuring designs by Harrison & Abramovitz
and Welton Becket & Associates.
Houston
Mod. Houston Mod is a non-profit membership organization dedicated
to promoting knowledge and appreciation of modern architecture and design
in Houston and Texas. Programs includes exchange of information, documentation
of cultural resources, classes, lectures, publications, exhibitions, study
tours, and preservation advocacy.
Houston
Architecture Info Forum. An on-line discussion forum focusing
on Houston architecture. Houston Mod is an active category here.
The
Dallas Modern Committee.
Through
Preservation Dallas,
the Dallas Modern Committee works hard to assemble a variety of events
for those interested in modern architecture and design. The committee’s
programs include the exchange of information, documentation of cultural
resources, seminars, lectures, exhibitions, study tours, and preservation
advocacy.
Virginia:
NorVApics:
Celebrating Northern Virginia's Recent History A
personal site with vintage photographs and commentary. Extensive lists
business addresses and names along the major highways. Accepts submissions.
Maintained by Don Thompson.
Washington:
360 Modern: We are people
passionate about and dedicated to the appreciation of Modern Architecture
and all things related. We are here to provide two services: a place for
pertinent, interesting, changing information about Modern Architecture
and Modernism and to provide real estate services for people wanting to
buy or sell a Modern home.
Canada
British
Columbia:
DOCOMOMO
BC: Modern Movement Architecture in British Columbia. Docomomo.bc
was officially recognized as one of 3 Canadian working parties of DOCOMOMO
(along with Ontario and Quebec) in 1997. Although we are a relatively
new organization, many of our members are well recognized and long time
participants in heritage awareness and architectural preservation efforts
in British Columbia, and have been involved in Docomomo for many years.
Docomomo.bc is a registered non-profit society established to: raise awareness
of modern structures and landscapes in British Columbia; exchange knowledge
and ideas in the field of Modern Movement architecture and design, as
well as the more localized British Columbia "West Coast" style of design
as well as other activities.
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