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Utah SHPO webinar shows how homeowners can research and preserve historic properties
Summary
Utah State Historic Preservation Office presenters demonstrated free online tools (hub.utah.gov, Marriott Library digitized files, Sanborn maps) and offered practical tips — from title and permit searches to tax credits and grants — for residents researching and preserving historic homes.
Elizabeth Hora, public archaeologist at the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, opened a virtual brown‑bag session on researching local historic properties and handed the presentation to Deb Miller, the SHPO records manager, who demonstrated the agency’s online tools.
“I'm public archaeologist here at the Utah State Historic Preservation Office,” Hora said at the start of the session. Miller then walked attendees through hub.utah.gov, the SHPO‑managed mapping application. Miller showed how survey markers and metadata appear on the map, how links point to digitized files in the Marriott Library collection, and that the application is free and requires no login. “It's free for everybody. No login necessary,”…
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