Ohio Historic Inventory

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.