The Nevada State Register of Historic Places, administered by the State Historic Preservation Office, is the state government's official list of historical and archaeological resources worthy of preservation.  The state register serves to promote and encourage public involvement in historic preservation, for the recognition and protection of resources of architectural, historical, archaeological, and cultural significance.  The register assists in the identification of historical resources for state and local planning purposes, in the determination of eligibility for certain grant programs, and it facilitates the use of the Uniform Conservation Building Code for rehabilitation projects in communities that have adopted it.

The Nevada State Register of Historic Places was established in 1979 under authority of NRS 383.085.  The statute directs the State Historic Preservation Office to: 1) prepare and maintain the state register of historic places; 2) establish procedures, qualifications, and standards for listing historic places in the state register; and 3) prepare a list of eligible sites, structures, objects, and districts on public and private land.  The State Register of Historic Places currently includes 99 historical resources statewide.  Resources eligible for listing in the state register include any object, building, structure, or site that is historically or archaeologically significant.  The resource must be associated with events contributing to the broad patterns of the state's history and culture; or with historically important people; or it must embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, method of construction, or represent the work of a master; or it must have the potential for yielding important information in Nevada's history or prehistory.

The eligibility criteria for listing in the State Register of Historic Places are similar to those used by the National Register of Historic Places.  Since the state register is administered by the State Historic Preservation Office, it allows for flexibility in the application of the eligibility criteria, as it serves to document the unique architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural history of Nevada, and recognizes that historical significance can be demonstrated in many ways.

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