The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation on Friday announced recommendations by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation to add 20 properties and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include the St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church complex in Geneva.
This is what the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation wrote about the Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church Complex:
“As Geneva’s second Catholic parish, St. Stephen’s added buildings to its complex gradually as the needs and priorities of the local religious community demanded, resulting in a diversity in design that spans more than fifty years of parish growth and architectural change. Regarding the complex, the state says it” represents fine examples of an assortment of early and mid-20th-century architectural styles.”
State and National Register listing can assist owners in revitalizing properties, making them eligible for various public preservation programs and services, such as matching state grants and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits.
The State and National Registers are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects and sites significant in the history, architecture, archaeology and culture of New York State and the nation. There are more than 128,000 historic properties throughout the state listed in the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as components of historic districts. Property owners, municipalities and organizations from communities throughout the state sponsored the nominations.
Once recommendations are approved by the Commissioner, who serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer, the properties are listed in the New York State Register of Historic Places and then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where they are reviewed by the National Park Service and, once approved, entered in the National Register.
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