Advanced Training: The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation

This on-demand multi-part webinar training series focuses on the interpretation and application of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. The training discusses the inherent flexibility within the Standards generally, as well as when applying them to rehabilitation projects involving common property types and project considerations. Although project examples are drawn from the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program, the material is broadly applicable in other contexts and to the other sets of the Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. This training is intended for consultants, architects, developers, and other program-users already well familiar with the Standards.

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  The Interpretation and Application of the Rehab Standards – Webinar #1

  This webinar includes an in-depth discussion of the Standards and their inherent flexibility to take into account such issues as economic and technical feasibility, building codes, and a project’s programmatic and operational requirements.

  Duration:

  1 hour, 12 minutes, 24 seconds

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  Applying the Rehab Standards: Schools – Webinar #2

  This webinar focuses on historic school properties, including the identification of primary and secondary spaces, subdivision of assembly spaces, treatment of corridors and other primary spaces, and meeting code requirements when converting these buildings to new uses.

  Duration:

  25 minutes, 1 second

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  Applying the Standards: Theaters and Houses of Worship – Webinar #3

  This webinar focuses on historic theaters and houses of worship, with examples of adapting them to meet modern needs and technological requirements for continued use as well as to convert them to new uses, including successful strategies for subdividing assembly spaces.

  Duration:

  23 minutes, 27 seconds

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  Applying the Standards: Post-World War II Office Buildings – Webinar #4

  This webinar focuses on historic post-World War II office buildings and complexes, including the identification of character-defining features and primary and secondary spaces as well as such treatments as acoustical tile ceilings, windows, curtain walls, and MEP systems.

  Duration:

  30 minutes, 17 seconds

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  Applying the Standards: Main Street Buildings – Webinar #5

  This webinar focuses on “Main Street”-type, small-scale commercial and mixed-use buildings, including the identification of character-defining features, acquired significance, the treatment of storefronts, meeting code requirements, and other common issues associated with reusing or converting this building type to new uses.

  Duration:

  35 minutes, 37 seconds

Resources discussed in the webinars

• The Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation (Tax Credit Projects)
• The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings
• Guidelines on Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
• NPS Historic Preservation Certification Program Regulations
• Interpreting & Applying the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation ("Cumulative Effect")
• Economic and Technical Feasibility in Applying the Standards for Rehabilitation
• Preservation Brief 14: Exterior Additions to Historic Buildings: Preservation Concerns
• Preservation Brief 16: The Use of Substitute Materials on Historic Building Exteriors
• Preservation Brief 16: The Use of Substitute Materials on Historic Building Exteriors (training webinar)
• Preservation Brief 17: Architectural Character: Identifying the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an Aid to Preserving Their Historic Character
• Preservation Brief 18: Rehabilitating Interior of Historic Buildings: Identifying and Preserving Character-Defining Elements
• Planning Successful Rehabilitation Projects
  • Identifying Primary and Secondary Interior Spaces in Historic Buildings
  • Acquired Significance and Standard 4
  • Continued Historic Use and Standard 1
  • Interior Spaces, Features, and Materials in Highly Deteriorated Condition and Standard 2
  • Historic Acoustical Panel Ceilings and Residential and Hotel Conversions
  • Historic Wood Flooring and the Use of Substitute Flooring Materials
  • Historic Flooring and the Use of Substitute Flooring Materials (training webinar)
• Preservation-by-Topic Index