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Historic preservation in Columbus, Indiana

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History
HUD grant Look at the Troyer book.

Preserve to Enjoy
Preserve to Enjoy, Inc. was established in 1976 as a non-profit organization designed to encourage preservation in Columbus and to promote the continued use of historic properties.

Barth County Court House
One of the first successes for Preserve to Enjoy was to get the BCCH listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which was succesffully completed in 1979.

DAR
While the Columbus DAR Chapter has not accomplished any physical restoration projects, they have been directly involved in 10 Indiana Historical Markers placed in the county, the most recent being one for the Cerealine Building.

County surveys
Through the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA) two county wide surveys have been completed. The first was published in 1980

The 2012 survey indicated that out of 3,245 entries for Bartholomew County Interim Report, the DHPA, Indiana Landmarks, and Ball State University Center for Historic Preservation, rated 185 entries as "outstanding" and 354 as "notable".