State of Oregon

05/31/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/31/2023 17:07

State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation meets June 15 and 16 in Burns

State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation meets June 15 and 16 in Burns

May 31, 2023
Burns, OR-The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) will meet June 15 and 16 in-person at the Central Hotel, 171 N Broadway Ave # A, Burns, Oregon 97720, to consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. The SACHP meeting is open to the public.

Thursday's meeting agenda includes guided site visits, presentations, and a hearing of a petition for delisting a National Register property.

Friday's meeting agenda includes hearings of three proposed nominations.

The guided site visits on Thursday will begin at 9:00 a.m and the business meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. Friday's business meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. Anyone may listen to the meeting and instructions on how to attend electronically 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.a...

On Thursday, the committee will review one delisting petition for the Sumpter Valley Railway, Middle Fork (John Day River) Spur, Grant County. On Friday, the committee will review three proposed nominations beginning at 9:00 a.m.: J. J. and Hazel Parker House, Portland, Multnomah County; Springfield High School, Springfield, Lane County; Cahill-Nordstrom Farm, Clatskanie vcty., Clatsop County.

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 SACHP is a nine-member governor-appointed citizen commission with credentials in many historic preservation-related fields.

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.

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.

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.

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