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Choosing Rehabilitation as a Treatment
What happens to the house?
Chrisfield is given a compatible new use as an office complex.
An elevator tower addition is constructed and a missing brick chimney
replaced. The historic character is preserved.
<<How the Work Fits Time and Place>>
Rehabilitating Chrisfield
Historic materials from 1790 to 1993
are retained and preserved; however, a missing chimney is replaced
and a new addition is constructed. All
occupancies are represented.
Rehabilitation reflects a property's continuum
over time. While emphasizing the retention and repair of historic materials,
more latitude is provided for the replacement of deteriorated and missing features. Alterations and additions for an updated use are acceptable so long as they are compatible with the historic character.
<<Key Ideas in the Standards for Rehabilitation >>
Use the property as it was used historically or find a new use
that requires minimal change to distinctive features.
Preserve the historic character (with its changes over time).
Do not make changes that falsify the history of the property.
Repair deteriorated historic materials and features. Replace a severely
deteriorated or missing feature using the same material or visually compatible
material.
Do not destroy distinctive materials and features when constructing a
new addition or making alterations. New work should be compatible with
the old, but not try to imitate it. Work should also be reversible, that
is, it could be removed in the future, if necessary.
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