Eleven Most Endangered Properties

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the 11 most endangered historic properties, and Ohio is represented. The Village of Mariemont may be affected by a federally funded multimodal transportation project that includes a new highway and light rail line. Planned by the Federal Highway Administration and the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Eastern Corridor Program may also affect Native American archaeological sites and other historic properties in the area.

The Village of Mariemont is a National Historic Landmark, so the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Park Service are participating in Section 106 consultation for the project.

Stay tuned for updates about the Eastern Corridor Program and its effects to Mariemont and other historic properties.

Mariemont, Ohio

NASA John Glenn Research Center

A couple of weeks ago, several of us from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office's Resource Protection and Review Department visited NASA's John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This facility contains scientifically and historically significant buildings and structures, including the Zero Gravity Testing Facility, a National Historic Landmark. NASA has been working on a master plan that focuses on new construction.

Zero Gravity Research Facility

Icing Research Tunnel

Icing Research Tunnel

Icing Research Tunnel

Icing Research Tunnel

10 X 10 Wind Tunnel

10 X 10 Wind Tunnel

Changes to Submitting Survey Reports

We are making a change to the Section 106 review process in Ohio to improve the efficiency of the process and the accessibility of information. Effective July 1, we would like all agencies and consultants to submit reports on disk as well as paper. This isn’t a major change for those of you who are already sending us disks, although you may have to format your reports differently. 

You won’t notice any real difference in the review after you’ve sent us a report. However, when a researcher or agency wants a copy of that report, we’ll be able to send a file. As with inventory forms, you will no longer have to come to our office to read and copy reports that have been submitted on or after July 1. Some earlier reports will also be available electronically, if consultants have provided them to us.

We will continue to harness technologies as they become more widely available and usable to make the review process smoother. In the future, we expect to institute such features as online review status lookup, project locations in our Online Mapping System, and—ultimately—a Web-based submission and review system. The latest change is an incremental step in that direction.

To help you get started, we have created standards for formatting you report.

If you have any questions, please contact us at (614) 298-2000 or section106@ohiohistory.org.