National Register Information System Explained

The National Register Information System (NRIS) is a database of properties that have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The database includes more than 84,000 entries of historic sites that are currently listed on the National Register, that were previously listed and later removed, or that are pending listing.^[1] The database includes approximately 45 pieces of data for each listed property.^[2] Accuracy of the NRIS database may be imperfect. For example, a 2004 paper addressed accuracy of spatial location data for part of the NRIS content.^[3]

History

Efforts to digitize the database began as early as 1968,^[4] but the database was not fully digitized until 1986. By 1994 it had come to be used in answering more than 4,000 public queries per year.^[5]

Availability

A search interface within the National Park Service's NPS Focus system provides access to a skeletal record of NRIS data, as well as to photographs and documents describing properties listed on the National Register. The skeletal record includes a simplified set of the information in NRIS about all sites listed through August 2012.^[6] The NPS Focus search screen allows searching by NRHP listing name or other property identifiers.^[7]

External links

• Web site: National Register Database and Research — National Register of Historic Places — United States National Park Service. National Park Service. en-US.
• Web site: NPGallery Digital Asset Search — Digital Archive on NPGallery — National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. en-US. NOTE: the database does not include the following states: Arkansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
• Web site: Discover and Explore Digital Assets — NPGallery — Digital Asset Management System. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. en-US.
• Web site: NR 2013-2016 Weekly Lists — National Register of Historic Places Weekly List Search Engine. National Park Service. en-US.
• Web site: Download Center — Digital Archive on NPGallery — National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. en-US. Spreadsheets available for download.
• Web site: United States National Archives (NARA) Catalog . catalog.archives.gov. en-US. "All of our records will eventually be in the National Archives. Right now NARA has the states of: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. (and more will be added.)" as of 2018-09-18
• Web site: Web based map with address search — Public, non-restricted data depicting National Register spatial data processed by the Cultural Resources GIS facility. Data last updated in April, 2014. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. en-US.
• Web site: National Register of Historic Places. National Register properties are located throughout the United States and their associated territories around the globe. Stutts. M.. 2014. en-US. Geospatial Dataset — (Code: 2210280).
• Web site: Cultural Resources Geographical Information System Facility (CRGIS). National Park Service. en-US.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Introduction - Documentation . National Park Service . 2013-06-15.
2. Book: Restoring Women's History Through Historic Preservation . 2003 . Johns Hopkins University Press. 303. Chapter 18: Searching for Women in the National Register of Historic Places. 9780801870521 .
3. Web site: Digital Conversion, Accuracy Improvement, and Product Generation for the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia. Nicole Edwards . Kevin Kuhn . Kurt Donaldson . June 2004.
4. Book: Restoring Women's History Through Historic Preservation . 2003 . Johns Hopkins University Press. 422. Notes to Chapter 18: Searching for Women in the National Register of Historic Places. 9780801870521 .
5. 1994 . National Register Information is a Hidden Treasure . Diane E. Miller . Cultural Resources Management . 17:2 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130215203651/http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/17-2/17-2-6.pdf . 2013-02-15 .
6. Web site: National Register Information System–Status . National Park Service. 2013-06-15.
7. Web site: "Advanced" search query for U.S. Registered Historic Places . . . March 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130215115910/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregadvancedsearch.do?searchtype=natregadvanced . February 15, 2013 . dead .