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Pl annin g a Preservation Project

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A preservation project may include a range of activities, such as maintenance of existing historic
elements, repair of deteriorated materials, the replacement of missing features and construction of
a new addition. While the term “preservation” is used broadly to mean keeping a historic property’s
significant features, it is also used in a more specific, technical form to mean keeping a resource in
good condition. This, and other related terms, are important to understand because they are all used
when planning for improvements to a historic resource. Appropriate and inappropriate treatments are
summarized below.

steps foR planning a pReseRvation pRoject

Step 1. Determine Building Significance
Why is the Understanding the history of a building and
building identifying its key features will help determine
significant? to what degree the property should be preserved
as it is, or where there may be opportunities for
compatible alterations to occur.

Step 2. Determine Building Integrity
What condition A building with historic integrity has a sufficient
aRe the building percentage of key character-defining features
and its key and characteristics from its period of significance
featuRes in? which remain intact.

Step 3. Define Program Requirements
Are functional improvements needed? Or is main-
What is the tenance and repair of key features the objective?
desiRed pRoject?

Step 4. Treatment Strategy
With the assessment of significance, building
deteRmine the conditions and program requirements, now select
tReatment stRategy the appropriate approach.

pReseRvation RestoRation Rehabilitation ReconstRuction

the pRoject scope

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