Architectural conservation

•  National Register of Historic Places

  The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation. Having a property on the National Register makes its owners eligible for tax incentives for expenses incurred preserving the property if they are offered by the local taxing districts.

  

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•  National Trust for Historic Preservation

  The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities. Its mission statement states: "The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities."

  

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•  List of historic houses

  List of historic houses is a link page for any stately home or historic house.

  

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•  Historic house

  An historic house can be a stately home, the birthplace of a famous person, or a house with an interesting history or architecture.

  

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•  World Monuments Fund

  The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a New York-based private, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites worldwide through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training. Founded in 1965, WMF was originally called the International Fund for Monuments. Today, WMF has offices and affiliates throughout the world.

  

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•  Roxbury, Boston

  Roxbury is a neighborhood within Boston, Massachusetts USA. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868. The original town of Roxbury once included the current Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, the South End and much of Back Bay. Roxbury now generally ends at Columbus Avenue to the north and Lenox Street to the east.

  

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•  Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Chestnut Hill is an affluent neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  

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•  National Historic Landmark

  A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building,, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance. All NHLs are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Out of more than 80,000 places on the National Register, however, only about 2,430 are NHLs. A National Historic Landmark District (NHLD) is a historic district that is recognized as a NHL.

  

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•  Sites and Monuments Record

  Each County or Unitary Authority in the United Kingdom maintains a 'Sites and Monuments Record' or SMR, consisting of a list of known archaeological sites. Many SMRs are now developing into much broader Historic Environment Records (HERs) including information on historic buildings and designed landscapes. Each record list the location, type and period of site along with a brief description and information on the location of more detailed sources of information such as site reports.

  

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•  Restoration (TV series)

  Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund. It first aired in 2003. The host of all 3 series is Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats are the show's resident "ruin detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean.

  

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•  Congo

  Congo, Kongo and Kongō may refer to: Congo River Congo Basin (Congo region) File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo. svg Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) File:Flag of the People's Republic of Congo. svg People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1991) File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. svg Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) File:Flag of Congo Free State. svg Congo Free State (1885–1908) File:Flag of Congo Free State.

  

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•  Purchasing power parity

  The purchasing power parity (PPP) theory uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power. Based on a theory proposed by the School of Salamanca in the 16th century, it was developed in its modern form by Gustav Cassel in 1918, it is based on the law of one price: the theory states that, in ideally efficient markets, identical goods should have only one price.

  

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•  Night Surf

  "Night Surf" is a post-apocalyptic short story by Stephen King, first published in the spring 1969 issue of Ubris magazine, and later collected heavily revised in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.

  

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•  Roderich Benedix

  Julius Roderich Benedix (21 January 1811 – 26 September 1873) was a German dramatist and librettist, born in Leipzig, where he was educated there at Thomasschule. He joined the stage in 1831, his first engagement being with the travelling company of H. E. Bethmann in Dessau, Köthen, Bernburg and Meiningen.

  

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•  Alex de Waal

  Alexander William Lowndes de Waal (22 February 1963) is a British writer and researcher on African issues. He was a fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University, as well as program director at the Social Science Research Council on AIDS in New York City. De Waal is also a co-director of Justice Africa, London. His father is Rev. d Dr Victor de Waal, Dean of Canterbury from 1976 to 1986 and his brother Edmund de Waal is a ceramic artist.

  

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