Alabama Historic Preservation GIS Portal

Alabama Historic Preservation GIS Portal Alabama's Interactive and Downloadable Preservation Portal to the Past Welcome to the Alabama Historical Commission’s Historic Preservation GIS Portal! The mission at AHC is to Protect, Preserve, and Interpret Alabama’s Historic Places. In keeping with our mission, this website and the maps and open data associated with it is designed to be an important tool in the preservation, research, and understanding of Alabama’s historic places for future generations. We hope this will encourage all those who visit the site to become more aware of their heritage and to recognize the importance of preserving it. The Alabama Legislature established the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) in 1966 to foster the understanding and preservation of Alabama’s heritage. Through an number of programs, the AHC has collected valuable information on Alabama’s man-made environment including historic houses, churches, schools, bridges, cemeteries, commercial buildings, farms, etc. These files include paper survey forms; photographs (i.e. prints, contact sheets, slides and negatives); maps; measured drawings; blueprints; and accompanying materials. While AHC has made great strides to maintain and organize these paper files which previously were accessible by visiting the AHC’s main office, these documents are unique and for most there are no other backups and therefore are irreplaceable, which is the reason the AHC has been diligently working to convert these paper files associated with Alabama’s historic architectural and historic resources into a web-based system utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to improve public accessibility to this information and to ensure the long-term preservation of these vital records. Geographic Information System (GIS) is a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data that is rooted in the science of geography. The ability to have easily accessible historic resource locations within a GIS is an invaluable and important tool for those interested in Alabama’s built environment. The AHC’s Alabama Historic Preservation Map Initiative project consists of digitizing and constructing a GIS database for AHC's Historic Preservation Division Programs. The Alabama Historic Preservation Map Initiative will enable the public to explore these resources virtually and understand why these resources are culturally important to Alabama, particularly in the communities in which they exist. Our GIS map includes maps for all the AHC's historic preservation programs. Listed below are the map layers included in the AHC’s online GIS map gallery: Alabama Historic Cemetery Register Alabama Historical Commission Historical Markers Alabama Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit ProgramAlabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage Historic African American Schools Historic Architectural Surveys National Register of Historic Places Places in Peril Preservation Easements Please note that most properties listed in the GIS Historic Preservation Map are located on private property (i.e., no public access). In these cases, please respect the landowner's property rights and privacy by viewing from the public right of way. To see a list of Alabama Historical Commission owned and managed properties with public access, visit ahc.alabama.gov/map. Additional External Historical Map and Data Public Resources Include: Address Alabama Historical Commission 468 South Perry St.P.O. Box 300900Montgomery, AL 36130-0900(334) 242-3184 Links AHC Home Staff Directory Feedback For more information about the Alabama Historic Preservation Map or the Historic Preservation GIS Portal contact Joseph Massey: Phone:  334-230-2699 Email:  Joseph.Massey@ahc.alabama.gov.

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