Survey & National Register Program Coordinator at the State Historic Preservation Office
Carrie Simmons has been the Program Coordinator in the Inventory and Registration department for the State Historic Preservation Office, Ohio History Connection since 2001. Carrie provides technical review and assistance with the Ohio Historic Inventory and National Register of Historic Places. Prior to her work at the Ohio History Connection, she conducted archaeological and architectural survey field work for Gray & Pape, Inc. and ASC Group, Inc. Carrie graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, minor in German, from The College of Wooster in 1999.
Join State Historic Preservation Office staff as they walk you through the steps to conduct an historic survey and complete Ohio Historic Inventory (OHI) forms for a historic building in downtown Cincinnati. Identifying and evaluating historic properties through survey is an important first step to knowing the historic properties in your commercial core or residential neighborhoods. Topics covered will include identifying the survey area, researching historic properties, getting ready to go out in the field, using the online Ohio Historic Inventory form to document historic properties, and preparing a survey report. Attendees will also learn about updating existing historic resources survey and associated OHI forms. Session participants will then hit the street for a hands-on activity to survey a historic building for the Ohio Historic Inventory.