Historic Preservation

Question 1

Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation

Answer 1

additions/alterations must be complimentary in massing, size, scale, and architectural features
meet criteria for Federal Tax Credits
criteria override state and local regulations
historically significant items must be properly handled if discovered

Question 2

4 degrees of Historic Preservation

Answer 2

preservation
rehabilitation
restoration
reconstruction

Question 3

PRESERVATION

Answer 3

mostly repair and maintenance, sustaining form, integrity and materials. no additions. updating of MEP systems for code compliance and functional needs is allowed

Question 4

REHABILITATION

Answer 4

preserve features and areas which convey historical, cultural or architectural value. make suitable for comparable use through repair, alteration and/or addition

Question 5

RESTORATION

Answer 5

accurate depiction of the form, features and character at a specific time; removal of features from other stages, reconstruction of period elements. limited MEP updates and code-required elements allowed

Question 6

RECONSTRUCTION

Answer 6

depicting the form, features and details of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure or object at a specific time

Question 7

Eugene Emmanuel Viollet le duc

Answer 7

believed in restoring to a completed state (even if the building was not completed in the historic period depicted)Notre Dame, Mont Saine-Michele

Question 8

Paul Leon

Answer 8

approved of preservation but no addition

Question 9

John Ruskin

Answer 9

restoring or preserving a building dishonors it

Question 10

First city to establish a historic district

Answer 10

Charleston, South Carolina

Question 11

6 steps/ aspects of preservation

Answer 11

identify, retain, and preserve historic elements
stabilize deteriorated historic elements
protect and maintain historic elements (least intervention)
repair historic elements (match existing and document)
limited replacement of deteriorated historic elements (last resort, match existing and document)
address energy efficiency, accessibility, health and life safety