CONTENTS
PREFACE vi
SECTION 1: THE FIELD OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Chapter l: A Short History of Historic Preservation in the United States 1
Chapter 2: Government Involvement in Preservation: The Federal and State Roles 31
Chapter 3: Local Government and the Private Sector in Preservation Planning and Design 57
SECTION 2:
PRESERVATION
PRACTICE
Chapter 4: How Historic Properties Are Identified: Evaluating, Researching, and Documenting Historic Properties 83
Chapter 5: Historic Preservation Law 121
Chapter 6: From Demolition to Preservation, Divergent Approaches to Managing and Rehabilitating Historic Buildings 139
Chapter 7: A Survey of Historic Building Materials 163
Chapter 8: Common Threats to Historic Buildings 203
Chapter 9: Dating a Historic Building 237
SECTION 3:
PRESERVATION DESIGN
Chapter 10: Appropriate Design: Applying the Secretary of the Interior's Standards 259
Chapter 11: Documenting, Programming, and Managing Historic Design Projects 283
Chapter 12: Universal Design, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Historic Buildings 311
Chapter 13: Historic Preservation, the Environment, and Green Buildings 327
Conclusion: In with the Old, Out with the New: Emerging Trends in Historic Preservation in the 2lst Century 347
GLOSSARY 353
INDEX 365