Submitting Documentation for Review

This questionnaire is only intended to provide preliminary information about the property to the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. This is not a nomination form nor does it constitute a property evaluation through the Legacy Grant Program or a Part 1 Tax Credit application. Email submission materials to SHPO NR staff  at SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us.

All information submitted as part of this questionnaire will be incorporated into the SHPO statewide inventory. No information will be returned to you.

The process for listing a property in the NRHP is outlined in the Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 60 (36CFR §60.11), Requests for nominations.

The nomination preparer should submit a complete nomination digital packet (defined below) to SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us. Template form can be found on the SHPO Forms and Guidelines page.

Complete Nomination Packet includes but may not be limited to:

• Completed Registration form - Microsoft Word
• Completed Continuation sheet(s) - Microsoft Word
  • Including figures, maps, historic photographs, and tables as appropriate - Microsoft Word
• TIFF photographs meeting NPS guidelines - Zip folder with individual TIFF image files
• Completed Owner Verification Form(s) or Historic District Owner Spreadsheet - Adobe PDF

After the draft has been reviewed NR staff will respond in writing via email. This submission process will continue, iteratively, until staff feel the property is unlikely to be successfully listed or the property is adequately documented. 

STEP 1: REQUEST ACCESS. Email SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us to request a file sharing folder(s), include the:

1. Historic building name, City/Township, County
2. Type of application(s) you are submitting:
   1. Initial Draft
   2. Response to request for more information

STEP 2: UPLOAD. SHPO NRHP staff will share a link to our FTP site (ShareFile) for PDF application uploads.

1. Upload complete nomination packet as described above.
2. If responding to a request for information, upload only those materials that were revised in response to SHPO comments – unless otherwise instructed by SHPO staff.

STEP 3: SUBMIT. When the documents have been uploaded, email SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us so our office knows the application is complete and the submission review can begin.

When the property is adequately documented staff will issue a technical opinion letter and schedule the property on the next available Historic Preservation State Review Board agenda

Submit via MnSHIP (either as an update if the property already has an inventory number, or as a new form if it has not been previously recorded). Property-specific evaluation reports are attached to MnSHIP records as PDFs. Email SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us* to let us know that the documentation is ready for review, referencing the grant number and including a list of an inventory numbers submitted. Review will not begin until SHPO has been notified by email.

*If there is a CLG match, email michael.koop@state.mn.us as well.

Submit the draft nomination via the SHPONRHP.ADM@state.mn.us. Once the nomination has gone through full SHPO review and been finalized, SHPO staff will upload it to MnSHIP. See ‘Submitting a National Register Nomination’ instructions above.