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Hancock Historical Society pursues National Registry
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Miss Adele Cramer, architectural historian, D-partment of Archives and History, Jackson, was special guest at a meeting of the board of directors of Hancock County Historical Scoiety Monday at Gulf National Bank.
Prior to the meeting Miss Cramer, accompanied by Mrs. Peggy Givsans, historic sites chairman, made a visual survey of all buildings in Bay St. i/ouis to determine which are significant for entry into the National Register of Historic E}Iaces by the
Department of Archives and History.
The buildings must possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feelings and association.
Upon approval of these buildings for the National Register, owners of income
producing properties, com-mrrcin! and residential, may take advantage of the 1976 tax reform act.
The act encourages rehabilitation of buildinr's and vitali/.ation of neighborhoods, allowing a community to have a strong identity and a sense of concern for culture, as well as the role of buildings in the community.
The act is designed to create total vitalization, attracting new residents and investors, and engendering a strong economy base in the older at >,nborhoods.