The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun demolishing buildings at Burnham Yard, a historic rail yard that once played a key role in Denver’s railroad industry and is linked to ongoing ...

The HPF provides critical support to the New York State Historic Preservation Office (NY SHPO), enabling the agency to carry out responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

These numbers speak to how government-led historic preservation in the US has long been a whitewashed undertaking, with far-reaching effects on education and the nation’s young people.

In 1966, Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act as a shared national intention and commitment to preserve places that are important to the American people.