Food for thought and action!
The City may be required to develop a preservation management plan…….if the property uses federal funds……. So if the City plans to use Federal funds for Crummell or for street cars……it may need a plan for Springarn…..it is near Langston Golf Course….does it have historic designation ?
http://www.wbdg.org/design/apply_process.php
For additional information on preservation management plans, click here.
Federal regulation requires development of individual preservation management plans if the property is federally owned or uses federal funds. The plan can take many forms, but MUST include the following types of information:
· Key Historical Information (when, who, what, where)
o Archival Research (including historic drawings and photographs if available)
· Site Survey Information
· Statement of Significance
· Identification of Character Defining Features
· Documentation of Existing Conditions
o Captioned and Mapped Photos of Existing Conditions (interior and exterior)
o Description of Existing Physical Conditions (on the interior and exterior)
· Materials Analyses
o Overall Conditions Assessment
o Structural Analysis
o Fabric Analysis, Including Paint Analysis; Masonry
· Recommendations for Appropriate Treatments
· Future Compliance Requirements (where applicable as required by law)
The following types of information may be included in a preservation management plan or Historic Structures Report:
· Disaster Mitigation/Management Plan
· Preservation Maintenance Plan
· Establishment of Preservation Zones
· Design Concept (for preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of building)
· Feasibility Study for Reuse of Building
· Narrative History of Use (construction campaigns, alterations, and additions)
· Description as Built
· Project Scope of Work and Specifications
· Structural Analysis
· Life-Cycle Analysis
Plan Suitable Spaces for Program Needs
This late 19th century Chicago hotel ballroom conversion into a parking garage is not a suitable use or program for this type of highly articulated finished space.
Courtesy of National Park Service
Preservation management plans identify character-defining qualities and establish preservation priorities for matching program functions to specific buildings or spaces. The goal is to make the best possible use of existing historic features, minimizing the need for interventions that might compromise the historic character of the building or site. Comprehensive planning is encouraged so that all changes, large or small, are part of a well-integrated building plan, as opposed to piecemeal alterations undertaken without regard to long-term effects.
Preservation zoning establishes a hierarchy based on architectural merit, historic significance, and historic integrity, or the extent to which original materials and design remain intact. These zone categories are then correlated to appropriate levels of treatment, in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards. The proportion of zones dictating a stricter vs. more lenient design approach is unique to each building. In some buildings, every space is highly significant and all changes must be taken with great care, under the guidance of an experienced preservation professional or team. Other buildings can accommodate greater change while still maintaining their historic character.
Buildings well matched to their tenants and functions require very little change. Whenever changing building occupancy or functions, seek uses and tenants suited to the building. Suitable uses are functions that minimize the need to alter character-defining features or spaces. The less modification required by the proposed program, the more suitable the program.
Accommodating new functions demands ingenuity. The success of which rests, to a great extent, upon the ability to successfully integrate old and new so that the property retains its historic character and the parts still relate to the whole.
In addressing changing space requirements, first consider options that enable the historic building to continue serving the function for which it was originally constructed. When the historic function is no longer viable, feasibility studies are undertaken to assess the financial and practical achievability of treatment options.
C. Design Development Stage
Design to Minimize Changes to Historic Property
Federal Courthouse, Scranton, PA. Adding an adjoining or freestanding annex has enabled many federal courts to remain in historic courthouse buildings, allowing continued public access to ceremonial courtrooms.
The underlying philosophy behind any preservation project is to keep to a minimum the proposed changes to a historic property. For its long-term protection, the historic property must always come first. Therefore, any changes should play a secondary role to the historic property and new work must not dictate what occurs on site. The role of the preservation design team or specialist is to help ensure that these changes contribute to, rather than detract from, a building's historic character and design unity.
If a historic property is on federal land or using federal funds and changes are proposed, the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) in which the property is located must be consulted to comply with Section 106. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards provide the framework for responsible preservation
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