MHAL Press Release - May 4, 2009
To kick off National Historic Preservation Month, the State Historic Preservation Review Board recommended a dozen Michigan sites for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The approved nominations will be forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register at the National Park Service in Washington, D.C.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sponsors Preservation Month, adopted the theme "This Place Matters." The slate of nominees considered by the review board reflects the wide variety of historic places found throughout Michigan. The diverse group ranges from a historic district in Berrien County and a Jewish cemetery in Jackson, to the railroad car ferry S. S. Badger in Ludington and a house in Wyandotte.
"Listing in the National Register of Historic Places is one of the highest honors given to historic sites. Initiated at the community level, this designation means that the property is among those worthy of being preserved for future generations," noted State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway.