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Program Maine's architectural survey program began in 1972.
Since then, the effort to catalogue and document the historic
human-made environment has continued to be a central goal of the
Commission's mandate with more than 21,700 properties surveyed
to date. The survey component of the overall preservation
planning program is a vital one. Surveys document at a variety
of levels the historic human-made environment of our
communities. This in turn enables us to identify those
properties which merit nomination to the National Register of
Historic Places and to thereby extend protection to those
resources. CONSULTANTS AND SURVEYORS… Looking for guidelines for
survey activities in Maine? In addition to geographic based
surveys, the Commission has also undertaken theme based survey
projects to identify specific property types o