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PUBLIC NOTICE
BEACH BOULEVARD HISTORIC DISTRICT
Certain properties in and near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will be considered by the Mississippi Historic Preservation Professional Review Board on January 17, 1980, for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, the federal government’s list of historic buildings an-d other cultural resources worthy of preservation. Properties to be nominated lie within the proposed Beach Boulevard Historic District, an irregularly shaped area of some 175 acres roughly in the shape of a crescent lying within the boundaries of Bay St. Louis along and to the west of Beach Boulevard and including a large part of the city, as shown on the adjacent map.
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Listing in the National Register makes private property owners eligible to be considered for federal grants-in-aid for historic preservation and provides limited protection through comment by the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on the effect of federally financed, assisted, or licensed undertakings cm historic properties.
If a depreciable property is listed in the National Register, it may be affected by certain provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, Section 2124 of which encourages preservation of historic depreciable structures by allowing favorable tax treatments for rehabilitations while discouraging destruction of historic buildings by eliminating certain otherwise-available federal tax benefits both for demolition of historic structures and for new construction on sites of demolished historic buildings.
If a property containing coal resources is listed in the National Register, certain provisions of the Surface Mining and Control Act of 1977 make it less likely that surface mining of coal will be permitted by the state or federal government.
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Comments on whether the proposed district should be nominated to the National Register should be sent to Robert J. Bailey, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Secretary to the Review Board, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, Mississippi 39205. To be considered, comments must be received before the Review Board considers this nomination on January 17,1980. A copy of the nomination, is on file in department of Archives and History offices at 600 East Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi, and is available for public inspection during regular business hours.
The proposed Beach Boulevard Historic District is a part of a larger proposed Multiple Resources of Bay St. Louis nomination. Owners of properties included in the Multiple Resources of Bay St. Louis nomination but outside the Beach Boulevard Historic District have been sent by mail a notice similar to the foregoing notice.