Virginia Department of Historic Resources

{{Short description|Agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States}}

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|preceding1 = Virginia Landmarks Commission

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|jurisdiction = Government of Virginia

|headquarters = 2801 Kensington Avenue

Richmond, Virginia 23221

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|agency_type = State Historic Preservation Office

|parent_department = Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

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|website = [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/ Virginia Department of Historic Resources]

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The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is the State Historic Preservation Office for the Commonwealth of Virginia.{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Program: State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO)|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/shpolist.htm|work=National Park Service Website|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=19 September 2011}} The agency maintains the Virginia Landmarks Register (the first step for properties and districts in Virginia seeking listing on the National Register of Historic Places). It also holds historic property easements,{{cite web|last=Loth|first=Calder|title=Forty Years of Preservation: Virginia's Easement Program|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/pdf_files/Easement%20Article%20Extract%20from%20Notes.pdf|work=Notes on Virginia 2005|access-date=13 September 2011}} administers the state's historic tax credit program and approves official highway historical markers for the state. Its headquarters are leased from and shared with the Virginia Historical Society.{{cite web|publisher=Virginia Historical Society|title=History of the Virginia Historical Society|url=http://www.vahistorical.org/about/history_vhs.htm|access-date=13 September 2011}}