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Jul 27, 2023 · The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (36 CFR Part 68, 1995) consists of four treatment standards—Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction—and are regulatory for NPS Grants–in–Aid programs.
- Standards for Rehabilitation
The Standards for Rehabilitation provide direction in making...
- Preservation Month
National Register of Historic Places. Preservation Month....
- Standards for Rehabilitation
Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK) is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance.
May 16, 2016 · Preservation Parlance: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction. When Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 50 years ago, it affirmed historic preservation’s importance to the United States’ cultural, environmental, and economic well-being.
Restoration returns a historic building to specific period of significance, allowing the removal of the layers of history that fall after the depicted period. Reconstruction recreates a historic structure or significant piece of a structure that no longer exists.
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Preserving historic buildings is vital to understanding our nation's heritage. In addition, it is an environmentally responsible practice. By reusing existing buildings historic preservation is essentially a recycling program of 'historic' proportions. Existing buildings can often be inherently energy efficient through their use of natural ventilat...
Integrating Historic Preservation Concerns with Safety / Security Issues
We live and work in a changed environment: a world in which safety and security concerns have been elevated to their highest level since the founding of our nation. Preservation practitioners must now be concerned with the safety of an historic building's occupants, as well as the security of equipment and data. It is inevitable that the needs of historic preservation as established by the Secretary of the Interior will come into conflict with new federal guidelines and requirements for anti-...
Natural Disasters: Response, Recovery, and Resilience
The number and severity of natural disasters-hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and uncontrolled wild fires—require special planning for historic properties. Many argue that the increase is due to climate change. In response, people are calling for resilience, the ability to withstand and bounce back from damaging effects of natural disasters, and to avoid or minimize them in future disasters. Federal, state, and local governments and private organizations are collaborating on the na...
Wildfire
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters and the risk of wildfire is no exception. A wildfire can be a serious natural disaster that spreads quickly over wooded areas and grasslands, endangering everything in its path. A wildfire can be a result of natural phenomena, escaped prescribed fires, an intentional or accidental human act, or a secondary impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes, drought, tornados, and hurricanes. For instance, the cracking...
Federal Mandates
1. Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR 67 | "The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation" 2. Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR 68 | "The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties" 3. Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR 61 | "Professional Qualifications for Historic Projects" 4. Executive Order 11593, "Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment" 5. Executive Order 13006, "Locating Federal Agencies in Historic Buildings in Hist...
Standards and Guidelines
1. CALGreen 2. NPS-28 Cultural Resource Management Guideline 3. Guidelines for Federal Agency Responsibilities, Under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act 4. International Code Council 4.1. International Building Code(IBC), Chapter 10 4.2. International Existing Building Code(IEBC), Historic Buildings, Chapter 12 4.3. International Green Construction Code(IgCC) 5. NFPA 914 Code for Fire Protection of Historic Structures 6. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guideli...
Federal Agencies
1. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) 1.1. Sustainability and Historic Federal Buildings 2. Department of Defense (DoD) 2.1. DoD Instruction 4715.16 Cultural Resources Management 2.2. DoD Cultural Resources Program 3. DENIX Environmental Webpage 4. Department of the Army 4.1. AR 200-4 Cultural Resources Management 4.2. Center of Expertise for Historic Structures and Buildings 4.3. Tribal Nations Programby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4.4. U.S. Army Environmental Command—Cult...
Organizations/Associations
1. The Association for Preservation Technology International(APTI) 2. National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers(NCSHPO) 3. National Trust for Historic Preservation 3.1. Information on Lead-Safe practices 4. National Preservation Institute 5. Smithsonian Institution—Architectural History and Historic Preservation (AHHP)
Publications
1. AIA Disaster Assistance Handbookby The American Institute of Architects. Washington, DC: AIA, May 9, 2017. 2. Climate Change And Cultural Heritage Conservation: A Literature Review by Ann D. Horowitz, Maria F. Lopez, Susan M. Ross and Jennifer A. Sparenberg. APT Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation's Education and Research focus group, June 30, 2016. 3. Federal Historic Preservation Laws by the National Park Service. 2006. 3.1. Historic Preservation Laws, Executive Orders, and R...
Columbia GSAPP Masters (M.S.) in Historic Preservation Program includes heritage preservation, building protection, and conservation of the world’s architectural, cultural, and historical monuments. First US graduate program for historic preservation, located in New York City.
