Historic preservation

World's Richest Acre Park in Downtown Kilgore, where the greatest concentration of oil wells in the world once stood along with the downtown beautifully preserved

Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK) is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philosophical concept that became popular in the twentieth century, which maintains that cities as products of centuries' development should be obligated to protect their patrimonial legacy.[1] The term refers specifically to the preservation of the built environment, and not to preservation of, for example, primeval forests or wilderness.[2]

  1. ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 345.
  2. ^ Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions, Handbook Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (1997).

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