---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 300305"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "300305"
heading: "Historic conservation district"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/300305"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 1 — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3003 — Definitions"
---

# §300305. Historic conservation district


In this division, the term “[historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) conservation district” means an area that contains—

- (1) [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3);
- (2) buildings having similar or related architectural characteristics;
- (3) cultural cohesiveness; or
- (4) any combination of features described in paragraphs [(1)](#1) to [(3)](#3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3188.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 300305 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(10). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(10), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(8), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764. |