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William J. Murtagh was the first Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. He is also the author of various architectural journals and other texts involving historical architecture and preservation.^[1] He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Florida, and the University of Maryland.^[2] He has been Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and President of the Victorian Society in America.^[3]

Education

He received his undergraduate degree in architecture and a doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania. As a Fulbright scholar he traveled to Germany where he became aware of the destruction caused by World War II. This lead him to value the preservation of architectural treasures, and created a new passion in his life.^[4]

Works

Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America (2005)
Moravian Architecture and Town Planning: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Other Eighteenth-Century American Settlements (1997)

Accolades

In 1980 he was awarded the Louise DuPont Crowninshield Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He also received the Department of the Interior's Distinguished Service Award.

References

External links

National Trust for Historic Preservation

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[1] ttp://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/mackintosh4/nhl.pdf

[2] ttp://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do;jsessionid=DDF96C35021FC99C396C022B6F8FC7AA?source=MdU.ead.histms.0271.xml&style=ead

[3] ttp://www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/NPSBooks/murtagh.htm

[4] ttp://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2010/january-february/in-the-spotlight-william-murtagh.html

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