Historical Preservation Commission (HPC)

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The Village of Lewiston Historical Preservation Commission (HPC) seeks to “protect, enhance, and perpetuate such buildings, structures, sites, or districts as is necessary to:

· Promote the health, prosperity, and safety of village citizens;

· Safeguard the area’s heritage by preserving elements of its cultural, political, economic, and aesthetic history;

· Foster civic pride in the beauty and noble accomplishments of the past; and

· Promote the use of such buildings, structures, sites, or districts for the education, pleasure and welfare of the people of the area (Village Code, Section 15-101).

The Village of Lewiston Historic Preservation Commission members are also committed to:

· Identify and protect architecturally significant properties and properties associated with events or persons (with the assistance of the Village historian, Lewiston Historical Association, and Village Board),

· Protect and enhance the Village of Lewiston’s attractiveness to visitors,

· Educate the public and residents on our heritage and history by celebrating and recognizing significant properties,

· Encourage harmonious and efficient growth within the Village (both business and residential) while respecting our heritage,

· Promote tourism through historic outreach.

Meeting Agendas and Minutes 

Historic Preservation Code 

Federally designated properties in the Village of Lewiston, New York: 

Frontier House

First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Plain Street Historic District 

Locally designated properties in the Village of Lewiston, New York

Resources: 

Lewiston Historical Museum, http://historiclewiston.org/

Lewiston Historical Society, https://www.lewistonhistoricalsociety.com/

Preservation Buffalo Niagara, https://preservationbuffaloniagara.org/

New York State Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS system), https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

Secretary of the Interior Standards, https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation.htm

National Trust for Historic Preservation, https://savingplaces.org/