The Tennessee historical commission is authorized and directed to maintain and expand a register of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in Tennessee history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. This register shall be known as the “Tennessee register of historic places” and shall be the official inventory of irreplaceable historic resources that need to be given maximum encouragement for historic preservation.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-11-201
Creation — Authority
Acts 1971, ch. 141, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 4-1111, 4-1112, 4-11-202; Acts 1994, ch. 961, § 2.
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