Third Preservation Roundtable "Best Ever!

In March, 33 residents from over ten cities in Orange County gathered in Santa Ana to network and learn at our third Preservation Roundtable. Following updates on development and preservation activities in the cities represented, this roundtable featured presentations by experts on historic context statements and the "multiple property submission,” a vehicle for nominating historic resources to the National Register of Historic Places. 

Teresa Grimes of Teresa Grimes Historic Preservation has managed and co-authored five Multiple Property Documentation Forms under which numerous properties have been listed in the National Register. Teresa explained what the MPD is and when it is best used for nominating properties, and Flora Chou of Page & Turnbull described how the historic contexts are used in conjunction with the MPD. The example Flora expounded on was the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California, 1850 to 1970 (recently updated to 1995) historic context statement, an initiative she led and co-authored for the State Office of Historic Preservation.

Click the image to find the list of historic context statements developed for nominations done under the framework of the Multiple Property Documentation.

The MPD is a time-saving tool for nominating a culturally significant building or landscape to the National Register. With an MPD, properties can be nominated if they fit the definitions of an already established historic context, allowing much simpler and shorter nomination forms.

The Preserve Orange County Preservation Roundtable was launched in 2023 to support the county’s preservation community. Held in historic buildings in Brea and Costa Mesa last year, the March roundtable took place in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Santa Ana, a rare 19th century church designed in the Shingle Style by Ernest Coxhead. Participants were given a tour following the meeting by ….

Topics at the two previous roundtables included impacts to historic resources of the state housing legislation and historic resource surveys.

If you’re interested in advocating for historic and culturally significant places at risk in your community, join us at this free event. The next roundtable is on Saturday, September 21, 2024. To receive roundtable notices, sign up for our newsletter and alerts here.