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PennsylvaniaHistorical & MuseumCommission

Rethinking Our Historic Places as

Community and Economic Assets

Bill Callahan, Western RegionBryan Van Sweden, Central Region

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission


www.phmc.state.pa.us


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Bureau for Historic Preservation

National Historic Preservation Act

� State Historic Preservation Office� National Register of Historic Places� Review federal projects to evaluate

their effect on cultural resources (Section 106)

� Certified Local Government Program� Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit

Program

Pennsylvania History Code

� PHMC Grant Programs� Historical Marker Program� Technical assistance for

communities� Local Historic District

Ordinances



Bureau for Historic Preservation

� Community Preservation� Project Review: archaeological sites� Project Review: historic buildings and structures� National Register and Survey

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Section 106 Review ProcessFederal agencies and/or their local project managers are expected to take the following steps and to contact local municipalities for their input as “consulting parties:”� Establish “Area of Potential Effect”� Identify cultural resources

� National Register criteria

� Assess effects� No effect

� Effect, but not “adverse”

� Adverse effect

� Resolve adverse effects� Avoid, minimize, or mitigate


National Register of Historic Places� The Nation’s official list of cultural

resources worthy of preservation� Buildings� Districts� Sites� Structures� Objects

� Determining eligibility for listing� Is it more than 50 years old?� Is it historically or architecturally significant? � Does it retain integrity?

Bangor Historic District

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The National Register DOES NOT:

� Restrict a private property owner's ability to alter, manage or transfer a property

� Require properties to be maintained, repaired or restored

� Require public access to private property� Enable federal government to impose

restrictions on the property or to acquire it


Cultural Resources Geographic Information System

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CRGIS

“Ask Regis” Database Search

Map Search


Certified Local Government Program

� Offers technical assistance and federal funding directly to local governments to establish and manage local preservation ordinances

� Administered jointly by the National Park Service (NPS) and the PHMC

� NPS formally certifies local governments and their preservation programs

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Certified Local Government Program PA Boroughs in the CLG Program

� Ambridge� Bath� Bellefonte� Bloomsburg� Bristol� Carlisle� Chalfont� Gettysburg� Hollidaysburg� Kennett Square

� Mercersburg� Newtown� Norristown� North Wales� Phoenixville� Pottstown� Ridley Park� Strasburg� West Chester


Historic Preservation--Why bother? Community Development cultural preservation

� Reconnect citizens to their past

� Revive community spirit and encourage local participation

Economic Development� Maintain authenticity

� Restore tax base

� Create jobs

� Stimulate private investment

� Promote smart growth

Federal and state regulations� Section 106 consultation� State History Code

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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. 1

Tourism-the second biggest industry in PA

Source: Heritage Tourism in Pennsylvania, June 1999

Most Popular Tourism Sites


Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. II

PASHPO statewide community values survey results

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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. II

Pennsylvania’s New Towns A growing number of communities are becoming designated trail towns or river towns. By connecting trails to towns, users can visit business services and easily return to the trail to continue their journey. There is great opportunity to learn from recent efforts to connect Pennsylvania’s business community and the natural environment through outdoor recreation. There is potential to improve the business climate by linking communities to trails, rivers, parks, extensive public land tracts, historic canals and historic districts across the state.


Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationResidential Neighborhoods

Property owners –

� Enjoy greater price appreciation and subsequent sale prices� Receive “investment protection” � May be eligible for financial incentives

Edgewood

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“Historic designation is associated with average property value increases ranging between approximately 5 per cent and 20 per cent of the total property value.”

Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values: An Analysis of Texas Cities, Leichenko, Coulson and Listokin, Urban Studies, 2001.

Patton HistoricDistrict



� “…prices in the Mexican War Streets Historic District appreciated an annual rate 4% higher than the average in surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods…in the year following the District’s expansion in 2008, house prices increased by 15%

� The 2006 expansion of the West Chester Historic District has resulted an average $36,000 premium over houses in West Chester.

� Prices in the Powelton Village Historic District increased by 63% immediately following historic designation, and continued to increase by 3 percentage points more per year than the citywide average in the years following historic designation.

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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationCommercialBusiness owners –

� Experience increased customer traffic and subsequent sales � Have a greater chance of achieving “small business” success

“… property values in the local historic commercial di strict grew about 385% over 30 years, those in the non-designated comparis on area grew just 72%.” Michigan Historic Preservation Network Special Report, November, 2006; 2004-05 study of Kalamazoo, Michigan

Oil City Titusville


Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationCommercial

The Main Street Program incorporates four principles into downtown revitalization:

“… I cannot identify a single example of sustained success in downtown revitalization where historic preservation wasn’t a key component…(but) examples of expensive failures in downtown revitalization have nearly all (demolished) historic buildings…Downtown revitalization through historic preservation is the best example in this country of sustainable economic development.”

Donovan Rypkema, Principle, Place Economics—Keynote address 2010 Pennsylvania Downtown Center Annual Conference, Lancaster PA

OrganizationDesignPromotionEconomic restructuring

Chambersburg

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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationMarketing to Changing Demographics

Retiring “baby boomers”

“Creative Class”

Millennial Generation

� Authentic character� Access to recreation� Technology� Transportation� “Sustainable” development

Amber Waves September 2009> Features > Article

Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural AmericaBaby boomers, poised to retire, are expected to increase rural and small-town populations, bringing both additional benefits and costs.

John CromartiePeter Nelson, Middlebury College


Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationMarketing to Environmental Concerns

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Practicing What We Preach� Preservation is a proven

community and economic development strategy

� So where do communities start?� Planning to preserve� Historic preservation regulations� PHMC’s Keystone Historic

Preservation Grant Program� Incentives for private investment


Pennsylvania Statewide Historic Preservation Plan

GOAL 1

INCREASE PRESERVATION PLANNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL by helping communities to recognize, prioritize, and capitalize on the benefits of preservation.

� Identify : Identify and document locally important resources and issues.

� Plan : Encourage planning practices that protect and enhance local community character.

� Program : Better enable municipal governments to implement effective historic preservation programs.

� Educate : Publicize the benefits and responsibilities of preservation.

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Planning to PreserveIdentifying Assets

� Get a handle on what’s out there� Research locally significant themes

� Develop local criteria for identification

� Historic Building Survey

Pennsylvania is chock full of historic assets; historic properties. But it’s also full of just lots of old “stuff.”


Property & business owners & residentsElected officialsMunicipal staffLocal press/mediaLocal organizations

Old school becomes recreation buildingBy Kelly McKinneyThe former Level Green Elementary School on Route 130 in Penn Township has served many purposes over the years."It's amazing how many people say to me, 'I went to kindergarten here,'

Planning to PreserveEngaging the Public

Get their feedback:� What’s important to them?� What are the challenges? � What are the community’s goals?

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Develop a work plan that articulates goals, objectives and implementation strategies

Planning to Preserve


Municipal Resolutions

Planning to PreserveTaking Action

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Planning to PreserveLocal Designation and Regulation

� Historic District Act� Provides municipalities with the

authority to establish historic districts overseen by a local Board of Historical Architectural Review (HARB)

� Municipalities Planning Code � Allows communities to establish

ordinances that protect historic properties through the zoning permit process


Municipalities Planning Code

� Overlay zoning� Regulate districts and individual properties� Landscape features� Demolition � New construction design� Building rehabilitation and alteration

� Traditional Neighborhood Development� Subdivision and Land Development

Ordinance (SALDO)

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Keystone Grant Program

Preservation Project Grants

� Planning and Development

� Local historic preservation plans

� Historic district market analyses

� Feasibility studies

� Architectural plans and specifications

� Historic district design guidelines

� Cultural Resource Surveys

� National Register Nominations

� Archaeology


Design GuidelinesPromoting economic development through good design

Design guidelines do not need to be complicated…

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Design GuidelinesPromoting economic development through good design

…and they will not stifle new development.

Phoenixville

Bellefonte

Stroudsburg


Keystone Grant Program

Construction Grants

� Rehabilitating or restoring historic buildings that are open to the public:� Courthouses & Municipal Buildings

� Schools and community facilities

� Historic sites and museums

� Churches and cemeteries

� Theaters

Franklin Co CourthouseChambersburg

Jefferson CountyHistory Center

Brookville

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Incentives for Private InvestmentFederal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credits� Available to private property owners� 20% credit based on the cost of the rehabilitation� Property must be listed in the National Register � Property must be rehabilitated for an income

producing use:� Shops� Restaurants� Offices� Apartments� B-and-B inns

Meade School Gettysburg


Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program

� Information available on DCED websitewww.newpa.com/hptc

� Applications open December 5, 2014

� Provides 25% state tax credit for rehabilitating an income-producing property

� $3 Million in Credits Available

� Credits Limited to $500,000 per taxpayer� Application process same as the one used for

RITC projects, reviewed by PHMC/PA SHPO

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Partnerships and Mixed Uses

Eagles Mere General Store and Museum


Wilbur Hotel, Sayre

Partnerships and Mixed Uses

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Community character counts

“Historic districts are a positive influence on property values. Homebuyers are willing to pay for the assurance that the neighborhood surrounding their houses will remain unchanged over time.”

-- Deborah Ann Ford, in the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association


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