What is the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and how does it relate to the FMSF?
The NRHP is an active list of U.S. properties that have been formally determined by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, to be historically significant. The FMSF is an active list of Florida’s cultural resources that are over 50 years old, without regard to historical significance. The NRHP is maintained as a federal responsibility, although Florida’s Division of Historical Resources has an office (Survey and Registration Section) charged with giving technical assistance to other agencies and to private individuals who seek to have properties listed in the NRHP. Properties that are listed in the NRHP are also listed in the FMSF, and the FMSF has copies of the federal nomination forms and sometimes other information as well. However, most properties listed in the FMSF are not listed in the NRHP, because many FMSF listed properties do not meet criteria of the NRHP for historical significance and because the NRHP nomination process can be time-consuming. In the spri
