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PRESERVATION IN ACTION <br />Preservation shows up in many ways we can see and touch —like buildings, structures, objects, sites, <br />and historic districts. These are the traditional ways preservation has celebrated and protected the <br />past. It's also important to remember the stories, traditions, languages, and cultural practices that <br />bring these places to life (Photograph Sources: COSM and NRHP nominations). <br />BUILDINGS shelter <br />human activity. <br />Moore Grocery <br />Company, ca. 1981 <br />STRUCTURES <br />facilitate human <br />activity but does not <br />shelter them. <br />Sewell Park Bridge <br />OBJECTS are <br />primarily artistic, <br />relatively small, and <br />simply constructed. <br />Though it may <br />be movable, it is <br />associated with a <br />specific setting or <br />environment. <br />San Marcos Mermaid <br />March <br />SITES are landscapes <br />where significant <br />events, occupation, or <br />activity occurred; or <br />landscapes, buildings, <br />or structures that have <br />historic, cultural, or <br />archaeological value. <br />Belger-Cahill Lime Kiln <br />DISTRICTS are <br />definable areas with a <br />significant concentration <br />of buildings, <br />structures, objects, or <br />sites, historically or <br />aesthetically united. <br />Sometimes one <br />can be separated <br />geographically but <br />linked by association or <br />history. <br />Dunbar Historic District <br />INTANGIBLE CULTURAL <br />HERITAGE refers to the practices, <br />representations, expressions, <br />,. knowledge, and skills that are <br />recognized as part of a community's <br />cultural heritage and passed down <br />through generations. <br />Sacred Springs Powwow <br />PRESERVATION IN THE U.S. & TEXAS 7 <br />