The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the nation's historic and cultural resources worthy of preservation.  The National Register was authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and is part of the national effort to identify, evaluate, and protect our architectural and archaeological resources.  The program is administered by the National Park Service under the Secretary of the Interior.  Properties listed in the National Register include buildings, structures, sites, districts, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture.*

There are over 8,500 buildings in Vermont listed on the National Register as individual properties, or as part of an historic district.  Because the majority of the individually listed properties are privately owned residences, we have choosen to provide no descriptions or images.  Information about these indivuidually listed properties is stored at the Division for Historic Preservation. To learn about the historic districts, use the link below.

The state of Vermont also identifies and evaluates its architectural resources and archaelogical sites. More than 30,000 buildings have been recorded in the state's Historic Sites and Structures Survey to date. Over 1,500 archaeloical sites have been listed on the Vermont Archeological Inventory. For more information on either survey, visit the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation using the link below.

Vermont Heritage Network
Historic Preservation Program
Wheeler House, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
(802)656-3180
http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet
E-mail To: vhnet@zoo.uvm.edu