Historic American Buildings Survey

program of the U.S. National Park Service
Organization government_program Q56736533
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Historic American Buildings Survey

Summary

Historic American Buildings Survey is a government program[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Historic American Buildings Survey's field of work was documentation[3].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's field of work was historic preservation[4].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey is in the country of United States[5].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's instance of is recorded as government program[6].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's instance of is recorded as government agency[7].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's founder is recorded as Charles E. Peterson[8].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[9].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey is part of Heritage Documentation Programs[10].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's Commons category is recorded as Historic American Buildings Survey[11].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's archives at is recorded as Athenaeum of Philadelphia[12].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's archives at is recorded as Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division[13].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's archives at is recorded as University of Maryland Libraries[14].
  • 1933 marks the founding of Historic American Buildings Survey[15].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's official website is recorded as https://www.nps.gov/hdp/habs/index.htm[16].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historic American Buildings Survey[17].
  • Historic American Buildings Survey's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HABS'}[18].

Body

Founding

Historic American Buildings Survey's founder is recorded as Charles E. Peterson[8]. 1933 marks the founding of it[15].

Identity

Historic American Buildings Survey is part of Heritage Documentation Programs[10]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HABS'}[18].

Operations

Historic American Buildings Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[9].

Industry

Fields of work include documentation[3] and historic preservation[4], a field of study[19].

Why It Matters

Historic American Buildings Survey is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . tclf.org. Retrieved . tclf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . philadelphiabuildings.org. philadelphiabuildings.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 6w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 6w 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
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagedocumentation/habs.htm"
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