NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Wall Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal designation that bestows honor and affords protection to one of the nation's most architecturally and historically significant business districts. The announcement was made this morning at New York City's Federal Hall National Memorial at a press conference hosted by the National Architectural Trust in partnership with the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the National Park Service. The event featured Carol Ash, incoming commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the agency of which the SHPO is a part, and two distinguished members of Congress: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents the Wall Street Historic District, and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), the new chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. "The Wall Street Historic District contains a significant concentration of properties associated with the history of banking and commerce in America," said Carol Ash, acting commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. "In cooperation with the National Architectural Trust, the State Historic Preservation Office is pleased to have assisted with listing the district on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The designation recognizes the area's importance and will further its rejuvenation and redevelopment." In January 2007, the New York SHPO recommended the Wall Street Historic District to the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, following public input and a public hearing on the proposed nomination. The nomination was based on the District's fulfillment of two National Register criteria: 1) its association with significant historic events and 2) its embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a time period, type of building or method of construction and its representation of the work of master architects.
