Heritage Documentation Programs
Heritage Documentation Programs administers
the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Federal
Government's oldest preservation program, and its companion
programs: the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). Documentation
produced through the programs constitutes the nation's
largest archive of historic architectural, engineering,
and landscape documentation. The HABS/HAER/HALS Collection is housed at the Library of Congress.
Latest News
- Enter the 2023 HALS Challenge: Working Landscapes For the 14th annual HALS Challenge, we invite you to document working or productive landscapes. Entries are due July 31, 2023. Learn more...
- Enter the 2023 Leicester B. Holland Prize The Holland Prize recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing prepared to HABS/HAER/HALS standards and donated to HDP. Entry forms are due August 1 and final entries are due October 1, 2023. Learn more...
- Enter the 2023 Charles E. Peterson Prize The Peterson Prize recognizes the best set of measured drawings prepared to HABS/HAER/HALS standards and donated to HDP by students. Entry forms are due June 1 and final entries are due June 30, 2023. Learn more...
- New Virtual Tour: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a striking feature along North Carolina's Outer Banks. Heritage Documentation Programs created a virtual tour and animated fly-throughs of this iconic lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Learn more...
- HDP Has Virtual Tours of Historic Sites around the Country (and the World)Would you like to explore someplace beyond your immediate horizon? Check out HDP's many virtual tours. We also have point cloud animations, virtual 3D mesh models, and story maps.Go on a virtual tour...
