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Rehabilitation Standards for
Historic Buildings
Jeffrey Havelin, P.E.
Overview
The Secretary of the Interior is
responsible for establishing professional standards and providing advice on the
preservation and protection of all cultural resources listed in or eligible for
listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, apply to all
proposed development grant-in-aid projects assisted through the National
Historic Preservation Fund, and are intended to be applied to a wide variety of
resource types, including buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts.
They address four treatments: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and
Reconstruction. The treatment Standards, developed in 1992, were codified as 36
CFR Part 68 in the July 12, 1995 Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 133).
In
Rehabilitation, historic building materials and character-defining features
are protected and maintained as they are in the treatment Preservation; however,
an assumption is made prior to work that existing historic fabric has become
damaged or deteriorated over time and, as a result, more repair and replacement
will be required. Thus, latitude is given in the Standards for Rehabilitation
and Guidelines for Rehabilitation to replace extensively deteriorated,
damaged, or missing features using either traditional or substitute materials.
Of the four treatments, only Rehabilitation includes an opportunity to make
possible an efficient contemporary use through alterations and additions.
This
course will be specifically based on the portion of those standards and
guidelines, which concern “Rehabilitation” of historic buildings.
Rehabilitation is defined as the act or process of making possible a compatible
use for a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving
those portions or features which convey its historical, cultural, or
architectural values.
Please
note that The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties are only regulatory for projects receiving federal
grant-in-aid funds; otherwise, the Standards and Guidelines are intended only as
general guidance for work on any historic building.
This course is based
entirely on the selected “Rehabilitation”
portion of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving,
Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings published by
the U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park Service.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-five (25) questions at
the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course will
specifically review “Rehabilitation” of
historic buildings, and will cover the following topics:
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Building Exterior: Materials
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Masonry/ Wood
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Architectural Metals
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Building Exterior: Features
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Roofs
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Windows
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Entrances and Porches
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Storefronts
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Building Interior
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Structural Systems
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Spaces, Features, and Finishes
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Mechanical Systems
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Building Site -Setting (District/Neighborhood)
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Special Requirements
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Energy Efficiency
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New Additions to Historic Buildings
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Accessibility Considerations
- Health
and Safety Considerations
Course
This course is based
entirely on the selected “Rehabilitation”
portion of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating,
Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings published by the U.S.
Department of the Interior-National Park Service.
Rehabilitation (1.2 MB)
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Related Books
Structural Analysis of Historic
Buildings
Historical Building Construction
Historic Preservation: Project
Planning and Estimating
Historic Building Facades: The
Manual for Maintenance and Rehabilitation
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