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Submit a Draft National Historic Landmark Nomination

Once you have written a draft nomination and assembled all of the necessary documentation about your property, please follow these guidelines for submitting the draft nomination to your NHL reviewer.

Submit your nomination to your NHL contact via email or, for large files, via SharePoint.

You do not need to submit a cover letter with the nomination.

A complete nomination package includes the following items:

• A completed draft nomination form with correctly formatted footnotes and bibliography.
• An electronic map with clearly indicated boundaries.
• Digital color images submitted individually as .tiff files.
• Accompanying floor plans, site plans, other figures such as historic photographs (with copyright permission), current color digital photographs, and archeological figures if appropriate, placed on the provided photo/illustration attachment pages.

If you are in doubt about any of these materials, ask your NHL contact for clarification.

Remember: Your submission is not a final draft since it will be further reviewed by staff and peer reviewers. Therefore, the nomination must be in an editable format.

If you have hired a consultant to work on the nomination, be aware that the nomination is not finalized at this stage. The nomination may require substantial edits after your submission and you should retain your consultant for this editing.

Checklist - Submit

1. Have I completed the draft nomination? Did I use a current version of Microsoft Word?

2. Are my photos, maps, and site plans placed on the illustration attachment pages with appropriate alt-text and captions?

Remember: Please do not submit a PDF of the nomination; we will need to edit it.