= Historic Preservation Advisory Commission =

The City's historic preservation function is run out of the Historic Preservation Office within [[PlanningAndCommunityDevelopment]], advised by the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission, HPAC.

The office maintains an inventory of National Register-listed districts, sites, buildings and structures within [[CascadeCounty]], and makes it available to the public. It holds the criteria for National Register listing and guidance on preparing nominations, technical rehabilitation and restoration advice for owners of historic properties, brochures on preservation tax incentives, easements and tax abatement, and a list of preservation grants.

It publishes walking tours of the Central Business Historic District, the Historic Lower North Side residential area and the Railroad Historic District, a River's Edge history tour, and material on the Vinegar Jones Cabin. A 2025 historic districts map and the commission's 2020 goals and objectives are posted.

= In the record =

* The annual Certified Local Government grant application to the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, and an update on the grant for the Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, taken at [[WorkSession2025-03-18]]
* The Union Bethel AME Church pass-through grant from SHPO, approved at [[CityCommission2025-05-06]]
* The nomination of '''Franklin School''', 820 1st Avenue SW, to the National Register of Historic Places, approved at the same meeting
* Appointments to HPAC, made at [[CityCommission2026-06-02]]
* Montana Historic Preservation grant funding used for the [[MansfieldCenter]] theatre ceiling repair

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Historic preservation: https://greatfallsmt.gov/450/Historic-Preservation

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