State staff is authorized 50 people, but only 40 slots are now being filled. B. State preservation archive is the best place to begin investigation of historic context of a property. Indexes of property types can provide a starting place for research on particular buildings significance. However, information at state level must be evaluated, it cannot be accepted as true. The archives includes much information that is unverified.
Owners send in information, or local historians contribute information to property.
A National register nomination has generally been checked and the information found correct for the time of the nomination. The Historic Preservation office in mitigation and review. A. Reviews for compliance over 1000 properties each year. If the state cannot mitigate the damage or demolition then it passes to the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. B. Only comments on properties brought to them.