Historic board launches grant project to aid National Register listing for moved buildings

The Teton County Historic Preservation Board says it is launching a $10,000 grant-funded research project intended to make it easier to evaluate and nominate relocated historic buildings for the National Register of Historic Places — a recurring challenge in Teton County, where many historic structures have been moved at least once.

In an April 13 update memo to the Board of County Commissioners, the board said it is partnering with the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office and will use a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant to contract Turn Stone Research. Deliverables listed in the memo include a “Moved Buildings Context Paper,” an objective evaluation rubric for moved structures, and integration into the county’s GIS system to track relocated historic buildings (Update from the Teton County Historic Preservation Board).

The board argues the work could reduce “case-by-case” justification in nominations and lower barriers for property owners seeking designation — which can be required for certain preservation grants and federal tax incentives — while improving long-term data tracking of local historic resources (Update from the Teton County Historic Preservation Board).