National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support the preservation of America’s diverse historic buildings, neighborhoods, and heritage through its programs, resources, and advocacy.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation was headquartered in the Watergate complex, Washington, D.C.
Woodlawn Plantation & Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, Virginia was the first site acquired for the National Trust portfolio
The portfolio of National Trust sites has expanded to include Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut
The historic Rosenwald Schools are named a National Treasure
Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK) is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philosophical concept that became popular in the twentieth century, which maintains that cities as products of centuries' development should be obligated to protect their patrimonial legacy. The term refers specifically to the preservation of the built environment, and not to preservation of, for example, primeval forests or wilderness.
Today, historic preservation often concerns itself with everyday, vernacular landscapes associated with marginalized communities, such as Barry Farm in Washington, DC (pictured here), as much as it does monumental properties.
The Basilica of Saint-Denis, which was among the first buildings to be registered by the conseil des bâtiments civils and subsequently among the first to be registered as a monument historique.
John Lubbock, MP was a moving force behind the implementation of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882.
Tattershall Castle, preserved at personal expense by Lord Curzon and a catalyst for broader heritage protection laws
