1005. HP-1.3 IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HISTORIC PROPERTIES

1005 HP-1.3 IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HISTORIC PROPERTIES 1005.1 The completion of a comprehensive survey to identify historic resources in Washington, DC has been a continuing long-range goal of the historic preservation program. Since the mid-1980s, community sponsors and professional consultants have surveyed many of the District’s older neighborhoods and property types with support from the District’s preservation program. Since 2000, HPO has taken a more direct role in survey projects, as new technology and data have transformed traditional surveys. Complete photographs of District buildings and streetscapes are now immediately accessible on the internet. HPO contractors and staff have compiled information from historic permits and other sources on most of Washington, DC’s 168,000 buildings, and that resource is available on the internet. Now the primary survey task is to use information already at hand to identify properties that should be evaluated further for historic significance. 1005.2 Policy HP-1.3.1: Historic Resource Surveys Identify properties and sites meriting designation as historic landmarks and districts by analyzing existing data, with support from scholarly research and continuing thematic and area surveys that document the broad diversity of the District’s prehistory and history. 1005.3 Policy HP-1.3.2: Survey Leadership Undertake HPO-sponsored surveys or provide professional guidance and financial support to assist government agencies and local communities in conducting their own historic resource surveys. 1005.4 Policy HP-1.3.3: Coordinated Survey Plan Organize surveys and data analysis by historical theme or by neighborhood so that survey efforts proceed according to a logical plan with clear priorities. 1005.5 Policy HP-1.3.4: Inclusiveness of Surveys Surveys and data analyses should seek out not just buildings, but all types of potential historic properties, including sites of cultural significance, historic landscapes, and archaeological resources. 1005.6 Policy HP-1.3.5: Community Participation in Surveys Encourage property owners, preservation organizations, ANCs, and community and neighborhood associations to participate in the survey process. 1005.7 Policy HP-1.3.6: Survey Priorities Give priority to the survey and analysis of endangered resources and those located in active redevelopment areas, such as Future Planning Analysis Areas, downtown and near Metro stations. As factors in setting priorities, consider the surpassing significance of some properties, the underrepresentation of others, and the responsibility of the government to recognize its own historic properties. Make survey results and the identification of eligible properties readily available to the public. 1005.8 Policy HP-1.3.7: Updating Surveys Evaluate completed surveys periodically to update information and to determine whether properties that did not appear significant at the time of the original survey should be reconsidered for designation. 1005.9 Action HP-1.3.A: Database of Building Permits Expand HistoryQuest DC, the HPO digital database of information from the archive of 19th and 20th century District building permits to include major alteration permits and permits issued after 1949. Update internet access to this information as new data is compiled. 1005.10 Action HP-1.3.B: Survey of Existing Historic Districts Complete comprehensive surveys of Anacostia, Capitol Hill, Cleveland Park, Georgetown, LeDroit Park, Takoma Park, and other historic districts where building-by-building information is incomplete. SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Comprehensive Plan 10-A DCMR § 1005