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Historic Preservation Plan

Appendix

A. The Secretary of the Interior’s %
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Standards for the Treatment of $ 4

Historic Properties

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of ms m rj
Historic Buildings are general rehabilitation guidelines established a * i«
by the National Park Service. These standards are policies that serve E: !!■
as a basis for the design principles presented in this document. The i*
Secretary’s Standards state that: sfe
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1. A property shall be used as it was historically or be given a new
use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, IN THIS CHAPTER:
features, spaces, and spatial relationships. A. The Secretary of 115
Interior’s Standards for
2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and the Treatment of Historic
preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration Properties
of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize B. Historic Preservation 115
a property shall be avoided. Briefs and Tech Notes

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3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its Preservation Successes
time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of
historical development, such as adding conjectural features D. Implementation Matrices 128
or elements from other historic properties, shall not be
undertaken.

4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance
in their own right shall be retained and preserved.

5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction
techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a
property shall be preserved.

6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than
replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires
replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature
shall match the old in design, color, texture, and, where
possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be
substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.

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