Atlanta History Center
The Atlanta History Center’s mission is to inspire people to connect to the past so they may better understand the present and prepare for the future. The Center is located on thirty-three acres in the heart of Atlanta’s Buckhead district and includes one of the Southeast’s largest history museums; a research library and archives that annually serves more than 10,000 patrons; two historic houses illustrating over a century of Atlanta’s history; a two-acre midtown campus which houses the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum; and a series of gardens unique in both design and horticultural presentation in the metropolitan area.
Atlanta Preservation Center
The Atlanta Preservation Center is an independent advocate for historic buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes citywide. Founded in 1979, the nonprofit organization has worked with government, business, community leaders, and property owners to preserve more than 100 endangered residential and commercial structures and neighborhoods. Its advocacy and education programs, including the annual Phoenix Flies event, have made preservation come alive for thousands of area residents.
Georgia State Historic Preservation Office
Within the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, the Historic Preservation Division serves as the state’s historic preservation office. The office administers the National Register of Historic Places and Certified Local Governments programs for Georgia, consults on any statewide projects that involve federal funding to ensure historic resources are protected, and promotes programming that provides economic incentives to a variety of stakeholders.
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
The mission of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is to promote an appreciation of Georgia’s diverse historic resources and provide for their protection and use to preserve, enhance and revitalize Georgia’s communities. In addition to providing preservation resources for individuals and communities throughout the state, the work of The Georgia Trust helps save endangered houses and buildings through their revolving fund, uncover the beauty of downtown buildings through the Main Street Design Assistance program, host educational forums and tours, and advocate for preservation funding and laws.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded non-profit organization that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save America’s diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. For more than 50 years, the National Trust has been helping Americans protect the irreplaceable. A private nonprofit organization with more than 270,000 members, the National Trust is the leader of the vigorous preservation movement that is saving the best of the country’s past for the future.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the NRHP is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed on the NRHP include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. The NRHP is administered by the National Park Service, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Easements
Containing a number of FAQs, this site provides general guidance on preservation easements. Topics include baseline documentation, the difference between local preservation protection and preservation easements, sample easement documents, and easement publications.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
The purpose of the Standards is to provide guidance to historic building owners and building managers, preservation consultants, architects, contractors, and project reviewers prior to beginning work. Of the four treatments, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Preservation, and Reconstruction, Rehabilitation is most often utilized with buildings in the Easements Atlanta portfolio. Its ten basic principles were created to help preserve the distinctive character of a historic building and its site, while allowing for reasonable change to meet new needs.