SHPO Publications NR Bulletins

NATIONAL REGISTER BULLETINS

All available National Register Bulletins can be obtained in either HTML or PDF at http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/. A list of all bulletins available on the NPS site are listed below.

The Basics


  • How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation

  • How to Complete the National Register Registration Form

  • How to Complete the National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form

  • How to Prepare National Historic Landmark Nominations
  • Researching a Historic Property

Property Types


  • Historic Residential Suburbs: Guidelines for Evaluation and Documentation for the National Register of Historic Places

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Archeological Properties

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Historic Aviation Properties

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Aids to Navigation

  • Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering America's Historic Battlefields

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places

  • How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes

  • Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating and Registering Historic Mining Properties

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties That Have Achieved Significance Within the Past Fifty Years

  • How to Apply the National Register Criteria to Post Offices

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons

  • Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties

  • Nominating Historic Vessels and Shipwrecks to the National Register of Historic Places

Technical Assistance for Preparing Nominations


  • Defining Boundaries for National Register Properties (with Appendix, Definition of National Register Boundaries for Archeological Properties)

  • How to Improve the Quality of Photographs for National Register Nominations (and Photo Policy Update)

  • Telling the Stories: Planning Effective Interpretive Programs for Places Listed in the National Register of Historic Places

  • Using the UTM Grid System to Record Historic Sites

General Guidance


  • Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning

  • Code of Federal Regulations: 36 CFR Part 60 National Register of Historic Places