Historic Preservation Digital Resources

This study, conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, outlines the economic impact of the Nebraska Historic Tax Credit (NHTC) program.

This document outlines the current 5-year preservation plan for the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office.

The consultants on this list have expressed interest in providing professional services in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of Nebraska’s cultural resources and have asked to be listed. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and is open to consultants who represent themselves as meeting professional qualification standards (36 CFR 61). If you are a professional consultant interested in being included on this list, please submit a completed form available on the NeSHPO webpage.

This directory is a resource for products or services of companies/individuals with experience in preserving and rehabilitating historic properties. These companies/individuals have requested or consented to be placed on this list. The Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office is not endorsing any of these companies or individuals. We strongly recommend checking references, reviewing previous projects, and conducting careful interviews with prospective providers.

PlaceEconomics is a private sector firm with over thirty years of experience conducting thorough and robust analyses of the economic impacts of historic preservation.

The historic rehabilitation tax credits are available for any qualified project that the Secretary of the Interior designates as a certified rehabilitation of a certified historic structure. This website from the National Park Service will walk you through the process.

This service allows you to subscribe or unsubscribe to the HN-HISTORICPRESERVATION list.

This digital experience explains the value of the Historic Tax Credit Program and provides a list of projects that utilized the tax credit.

This document from the Department of the Interior outlines the evaluation process and criteria for evaluating a building, structure, object, site, or district for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Use this map of Nebraska to find and research the locations registered in the National Register of Historic Places.

This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts.

Individuals and communities can nominate properties as historical touchstones to a shared history. Interested parties may fill out this form to begin the process.

The Nebraska Historic Tax Credit (NHTC) is a program administered by the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office (NeSHPO) along with the Nebraska Department of Revenue. This document will explain the program and the process for applying.

Submission of a completed Project Information Form with adequate information and attachments constitutes a request for review per applicable program guidelines. Grant assistance involving the “preservation, restoration, conversion, rehabilitation, or reuse of a historic building or district requires Applicants to submit a project review request to the State Historic Preservation Office. The State Historic Preservation Officer shall evaluate the work as proposed in the application to determine whether it conforms to the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.” Such determinations are finalized with this form. Applicants must include this form and any attachments thereof to notify DED of the determination. “

Submission of a completed Project Information Form with adequate information and attachments constitutes a request for review per applicable program guidelines. Grant assistance involving the demolition of a commercial property within the corporate limits of a city or village requires Applicants to submit a project review request to the State Historic Preservation Office. The State Historic Preservation Officer (NESHPO) shall evaluate the historic status of the property determining whether or not it is listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Such determinations are finalized with this form. Applicants must include this form and any attachments thereof to notify NDEE of the property’s historic status.

Submitting a completed Project Information Form with adequate information and attachments constitutes a request for review pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended).

This form is for use for qualifying properties that are so designated as “Historically Significant Real Property.”

The Valuation Incentive Program (VIP) is administered by the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office (NeSHPO). It promotes the rehabilitation and reuse of historically significant properties by freezing the assessed value of the property for eight years. This document provides instructions on the program.