Historic Preservation Month

In March of this year, the City of Kingston’s Common Council designated the month of May, henceforth, Historic preservation Month. The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), the nation’s leading preservation advocacy group, defines Preservation Month as an opportunity for communities across the country to recognize the importance of their historic places. Preservation Month includes events that promote historic places which instill national, regional, and local pride, promote heritage tourism, and showcase the social and economic benefits of historic preservation.

Historic preservation contributes substantially to the local economy in terms of sustaining skilled jobs in the building trades, stabilizing property values, retaining small locally-owned businesses, supporting heritage-based tourism, attracting new investment, promoting significant affordable housing development, such as the Lace Mills, the Stuyvesant, and Landmark Place, and aiding private property owners seeking to rehabilitate historic buildings with historic tax credits.

2026 is a Year of Many Meaningful Anniversaries:

• 250^th anniversary of our Nation’s Founding
• 60th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)’s passage - The NHPA and its subsequent 1980 amendment represents the most extensive preservation legislation ever enacted in the U.S.
• 60th anniversary of the Kingston Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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