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What Is Meant by "Historic Resource Survey"

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In preservation circles and at DHR, people often refer to a "historic resources survey." In this brief video (5 min.), DHR's Blake McDonald, manager of the Architectural Survey & Cost Share Grant Program, explains clearly what exactly such a survey is and entails—and why it does not affect property owners or their property (beyond documenting the property's historic character).

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