Preservation Magazine

Want to make the case for how important Section 106 is to your community? Explore success stories from our community and our partners: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Council of State Historic Preservation Officers, Preservation Action, National Preservation Partners Network, the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, and National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.

A community-submitted Section 106 Success Story in Sutton, West Virginia. The Old Woman Run Truss Bridge was built in the 1899 by the Canton Bridge Company in Canton, Ohio. The bridge, along with the neighboring historic Berry House (1898) are contributing structures in the Sutton National Historic District. Both structures are significant due to their association with industrial expansion and changes in transportation occurring in the late 19th century.

If you watch the recordings from "Seeing Our Humanity"—the National Trust for Historic Preservation's signature America 250: Justice for All event, held at Oatlands on July 25, 2026—you'll encounter exactly what we hoped to preserve: thoughtful conversations among descendants, scholars, preservationists, community leaders, and the public exploring memory, justice, belonging, and the unfinished work of telling a fuller American story.

A community submitted Section 106 Success Story in Clinton, Iowa. The Drive to Prosperity project corridor extends through an area of Clinton containing numerous historic-age properties and cultural resources, including historic buildings, cemeteries, archaeological sites, and historic districts.

Climate change is one of the fastest growing threats to heritage sites and cultural practices worldwide. According to UNESCO, one in three natural heritage sites and one in six cultural heritage sites are already at risk. More than one in four of UNESCO’s designated sites could reach potentially irreversible tipping points by 2050. Alarmingly, these figures capture only a fraction of what is at stake.

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) is one of the most important legal mechanisms protecting America’s historic places, and today, it is under threat. A sweeping and damaging proposal from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation would rewrite the regulations for Section 106, dramatically diminishing their effectiveness and putting historic and cultural sites at risk.

More: Historic Sites By: Priya Chhaya and Kristin Lochner In the United States, Modernist design is often described as being of a clean, simple aesthetic—and where the line between the natural and built environment blurs. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Edith Farnsworth House, a National Trust Historic Site in Plano, Illinois. But how did Modernist design evolve across borders?

The National Trust for Historic Preservation today expressed strong opposition to the proposed historic preservation provisions of the congressional permitting reform bill (Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026) as currently drafted and urged lawmakers to make critical changes before advancing the bill.

A community-submitted Section 106 Success Story in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ridge on the Rise mural on the south-facing wall of the Checker Cafe is a visual history of Ridge Avenue's African American cultural, entertainment, and civil rights heritage. In addition to depicting the Pearl Theater, Pearl Bailey and John Coltrane, the mural addresses community protests against Girard College's segregationist policies.

A community-submitted Section 106 Success Story in San Antonio, Texas. As Military City USA, San Antonio has a long tradition of preserving important landmarks in military history, including the Alamo, the 1850s Arsenal, the National Historic Landmark Fort Sam Houston, the site of the first military flight, two onetime Air Force bases, and two active Air Force bases.