The Illinois Historic Preservation Division , formerly Illinois Historic Preservation Agency , is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Illinois , and is a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources . It is tasked with the duty of maintaining State-owned historic sites , and maximizing their educational and recreational value to visitors or on-line users. In addition, it manages the process for applications within the state for additions to the National Register of Historic Places and other federal preservation schemes.
13-446: IHPA may refer to the: Independent Health Professionals Association Illinois Historic Preservation Agency International HCH and Pesticides Association Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IHPA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
26-628: A historic district but are, rather, listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places after a collective nomination with other similar properties, called a Multiple Property Submission . Historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from certain types of development . Historic districts may or may not also be
39-512: Is deemed "significant". The term "old street" refers to a neighborhood with historic buildings. Many of these are tourist attractions and filled with hawkers catering to visitors. Many jurisdictions within the United States have specific legislation identifying and giving protection to designated historic districts. Criticism of historic districts in Chicago and elsewhere in the United States
52-408: Is primarily based on arguments that such laws creating such districts restrict the supply of affordable housing, and thus the result of such districts is that of enforcing caste structures and class divisions by region and segments of urban areas. Several historic districts have been proposed not for a true preservation purpose but to prevent development. The term "Historic District" is not used in
65-532: The Cultural Heritage Preservation Act [ zh ] protects certain historic districts under the "groups of buildings" category. Districts are overseen by their respective municipality, city, or county governments, but can also be promoted to a "significant" status and overseen by the Ministry of Culture directly. As of July 2021, there are twenty protected districts, one of which
78-411: The center of the city . They may be coterminous with the commercial district , administrative district , or arts district , or separate from all of these. Historical districts are often parts of a larger urban setting, but they can also be parts or all of small towns, or a rural areas with historic agriculture-related properties, or even a physically disconnected series of related structures throughout
91-741: The Library (ALPLM) becoming an independent agency. The following is an alphabetical listing of the more than 50 Illinois State Historic Sites that are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Historic Preservation Division: In addition to those above administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Division, other historic sites operated by Illinois state agencies include: This List of NRHP Multiple Property Submission in Illinois are properties not part of
104-609: The bicentennial of his birth approached in 2009. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM), also in Springfield, Illinois, was dedicated in 2005. Unlike most modern presidential libraries , the Lincoln Library is state-owned. The proposed 2016 budget of Governor Bruce Rauner sought to eliminate the agency, assigning its duties to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity . Opponents of
117-431: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IHPA&oldid=877708846 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Illinois Historic Preservation Agency The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA)
130-552: The move claimed that the Commerce Department had neither the expertise nor the interest to carry out the agency's functions and that any savings from the agency's 2015 budget of $ 15 million would be minimal. In 2017, the Agency was split, with the historic preservation and site management duties falling to a reorganized Division within the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (which manages State Parks and other resources), and
143-989: The region. Much criticism has arisen of historic districts and the effect protective zoning and historic designation status laws have on the housing supply. When an area of a city is designated as part of a 'historic district', new housing development is artificially restricted and the supply of new housing permanently capped in area so designated as 'historic'. Critics of historic districts argue that while these districts may offer an aesthetic or visually pleasing benefit, they increase inequality by restricting access to new and affordable housing for lower and middle class tenants and potential home owners. In Canada , such districts are called "heritage conservation districts" or "heritage conservation areas" (known as "arrondissements historiques", "secteurs de conservation du patrimoine" or "districts de conservation du patrimoine" in French ) and are governed by provincial legislation. In Taiwan ,
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#1732858797741156-761: The state. One key asset, Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Menard County, a reconstruction of a village where Abraham Lincoln lived in the 1830s, was established in the 1930s. The agency also administers the Cahokia World Heritage Site which includes the largest pre-columbian construction in the Americas north of Mexico, having also acquired the site in the early 20th century for state protection. The IHPA continued to grow after its creation in 1985, largely because of continued public interest in Lincoln as
169-599: Was created by State law in July 1985. What was the agency's oldest bureau, the Illinois State Historical Library , was created in 1889, but the origins of the agency could be said to date back to the state's involvement in building and caring for the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. During the 20th century, the state of Illinois acquired and restored a wide variety of historic properties throughout
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