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Historic American Buildings Survey

program of the U.S. National Park Service
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Summary

Historic American Buildings Survey is a government program[1]. It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: documentation[3], historic preservation[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: government agency[6]
  • Founder: Charles E. Peterson[7]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[8]
  • Part of: Heritage Documentation Programs[9]
  • Commons category: Historic American Buildings Survey[10]
  • Archives at: Athenaeum of Philadelphia[11], Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division[12], University of Maryland Libraries[13]
  • Inception: 1933[14]
  • Official website: https://www.nps.gov/hdp/habs/index.htm[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Historic American Buildings Survey[16]
  • Short name: HABS[17]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . tclf.org. Retrieved . tclf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . philadelphiabuildings.org. philadelphiabuildings.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf11083084
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Official website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagedocumentation/habs.htm"
  2. 23w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Worldcat entities id → E39QH7JmqpfBrw9XktcFfCFHdF
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  3. 23w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/Historic-American-Buildings-Survey
    Founder → Charles E. Peterson
    Nacsis-cat author id → DA01035055
    Topic's main category → Category:Historic American Buildings Survey
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagedocumentation/habs.htm"
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