WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CONDUCT HISTORIC PRESERVATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION?
Ongoing development and changes in our state bring about pressures and conditions that can adversely affect historic properties. The primary goal of the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office is to aid in the preservation of these resources which help us to understand our history. To work toward proper and effective preservation, it is necessary to identify and document historic properties. This information is used in several SHPO program areas such as Review and Compliance, the National Register of Historic Places, Comprehensive Planning and Investment Tax Credits. Historic Preservation Resource Identification data is an important information source used to evaluate historic properties that may be affected by federal undertakings as well as to plan future preservation efforts. The collection of this information provides an overview of similar resources that, taken together, form a property type. This property type, placed in a context with specific time and geographical limits in
