Washington Square Project Update: District-level Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places

Join presenters from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture and the State of Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) as they introduce a research and design project which is currently nominating Washington Square to the National Register of Historic Places. The team will share their process for identifying the site, conducting research, and applying insights to stewarding the Square as well as other locations in Holland. Additional discussion will explore the procedural side of the National Register, and how its use can support academic, SHPO, and community goals. Lastly, focus will be given to the critical role of local archives in enabling work of this kind.