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State historic office urges mayors to inventory local sites, offers help with National Register nominations
Summary
Patrick Luhan of the Guam Historic Resources Division told the Mayor’s Council that many village sites qualify for federal listing, outlined an ongoing island-wide survey, and offered staff support for nominations and damage avoidance during local projects.
Patrick Luhan, of the Guam Historic Resources Division in the State Historic Preservation Office, told the Mayor’s Council of Guam on Wednesday that the office has an island-wide inventory of properties on the National Register and is available to help villages identify and nominate other historically significant sites.
Luhan said the federal National Register typically considers properties 50 years or older eligible and that the office has completed surveys in the island’s south and central areas while finishing work on the east side and parts of Tamuning and Dededo. “We actually wanna be a a true partner, you know, and and, you know, keeping that historic value in your in your, respective villages,” Luhan said.
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