Nominations to the National Register:
Requirements and Due Dates


Nominations of Missouri sites to the National Register of Historic Places may be submitted for review by the National Register staff at the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) at any time throughout the year.

Nomination Review and Review Priority

Whether prepared by private citizens or by consultants, most nominations go through several drafts before consideration by the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (MOACHP) at one of its quarterly meetings. All submitted nominations must be reviewed by SHPO staff to ensure that they adequately document the property and its significance and meet the standards set by the National Park Service's National Register program.

NEW! To assist preparers in providing the documentation necessary for the review of their nominations, the State Historic Preservation Office and the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation have issued Supplemental Requirements for National Register nominations PDF.

When needed, staff will provide written comments and/or a marked copy of the nomination to the preparer.

Review priority will be given to substantially complete draft nominations received by the posted deadline. A substantially complete draft will include the following information in the appropriate format:

Revised drafts of nominations already reviewed and scheduled for an upcoming quarterly meeting of the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will be given secondary review priority. Staff will provide additional comments only after all nominations scheduled for the same meeting have been reviewed at least one time.

The third level of priority will be given to substantially complete draft nominations received after the due date. These nominations will only be read after all substantially complete nomination received by the deadline have been reviewed by staff.

Draft nominations that do not meet the "substantially complete" requirements (see above) will be given the lowest review priority. When an incomplete draft is received by the SHPO, it will be filed and a letter listing the items required to meet the substantially complete criteria will be sent to the nomination preparer. Once required items are received, the draft nomination will be placed on the list to be reviewed by staff. Incomplete drafts will be reviewed only after staff have provided comments on all substantially complete draft nominations.

Supplementary Electronic Submissions

The State Historic Preservation Office welcomes the submission of electronic versions of all National Register nominations as a supplement to, but not a substitute for, submission of a hard copy of the nomination as specified below. This supplementary material may be submitted on compact disc, floppy disc or by e-mail. When submitting such supplementary material by e-mail, please send it to the relevant SHPO National Register staff member and copy it to the SHPO generic e-mail address: moshpo@dnr.mo.gov.

Meeting Schedule and Deadlines for Submission of Nominations

Although nominations may be submitted for review at any time during the year, SHPO staff recognizes that preparers may wish to present their nominations at specific MOACHP meetings. The following information is provided to assist preparers in their planning.

The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation sets its schedule for the coming year at its August meeting. Following that decision, SHPO sets due dates for nomination submission for the coming year. All persons listed on the Architectural Historian/Historian consultants list and SHPO's "interested party" list will be notified by letter of the submission due dates. Due dates are also posted on this Web page.

Due dates for nomination submission are set to provide the lead time necessary to allow time for staff to review and comment on the substantially complete draft nomination, as well as time for the preparer to make any necessary revisions. Once approved by staff, the complete final draft of the nomination must go to the members of the Advisory Council in time for them to review it prior to their quarterly meeting.

Preparers are advised to consult with National Register staff well before the deadline regarding the status of their nominations.

Preparers whose nominations are incomplete, need substantial revisions, or are received after the following deadlines should expect to present their nominations at a later meeting.

When a nominated site or district lies within the jurisdiction of a Certified Local Government (CLG), federal law requires that SHPO provide an opportunity for comment by the chief elected official and the preservation commission. In order for the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to review the nomination at one of the meetings specified below, a final draft of the nomination must be received by SHPO by the due date preceding that meeting date so that SHPO staff can notify the appropriate officials. Our office will provide a copy of the original submitted draft nomination to the CLG along with their letters of notification. It will be the responsibility of the preparer to provide the CLG with later drafts.

Appropriately formatted complete drafts of all nominations within the jurisdictions of CLGs and all district nominations regardless of location received by SHPO staff on or before 5 p.m.

July 30, 2007, may be presented at the meeting on Nov. 9, 2007
Oct. 29, 2007, may be presented at the meeting on Feb. 8, 2008
Feb. 1, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on May 16, 2008
Apr. 24, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on Aug. 8, 2008
Aug. 1, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on Nov. 14, 2008

Appropriately formatted complete drafts of nominations of individual properties outside the jurisdictions of CLGsreceived by SHPO staff on or before 5 p.m.

Aug. 27, 2007, may be presented at the meeting on Nov. 9, 2007
Nov. 30, 2007, may be presented at the meeting on Feb. 8, 2008
March 4, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on May 16, 2008
May 22, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on Aug. 8, 2008
Sept. 2, 2008, may be presented at the meeting on Nov. 14, 2008

Please note that submission by the due date does not guarantee that a nomination will be reviewed by the MOACHP at its upcoming meeting. Nominations that are incomplete or that need substantial revisions must be revised and presented at a later meeting, along with nominations received after the due date.

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