Planning Successful Rehabilitation Projects
This guidance and other information is particularly useful for applicants who are planning rehabilitation projects using the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives.
Applying the Standards for Rehabilitation
Guidelines for Rehabilitating
Historic Buildings
Guidelines on Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
Cumulative Effect
and Historic Character
Role of Economic and Technical Feasibility in Apply the Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation
Applying the Standards to common rehabilitation concerns
This guidance and other information addresses some common concerns in historic rehabilitation projects. Additional guidance on applying the Standards to tax incentives projects can be found in Incentives.
Acquired Significance and Standard 4
Continued Historic Use and Standard 1
Windows
- Evaluating Historic Windows for Repair or Replacement
- Replacement Windows that Meet the Standards
- Documentation Requirements for Proposed Window Replacement
- Replacement Windows Where No Historic Windows Remain
- Evaluating Tinted and Reflective Glazing
Interior treatments
- Identifying Primary and Secondary Interior Spaces in Historic Buildings
- Changing Secondary Interior Spaces in Historic Buildings
- Historically-Finished Secondary Spaces—Avoiding Problematic Treatments at Project Completion
- Subdividing Assembly Spaces in Historic Buildings
- Retaining Corridors and Other Circulation Spaces in Historic Buildings
- Interior Spaces, Features, and Materials in Highly Deteriorated Condition and Standard 2
- Exposing Interior Masonry Walls and Ceilings
- Office Building Interiors
- Repetitive Floor Plans
New additions and related new construction
- New Additions to Historic Buildings
- New Construction within the Boundaries of Historic Properties
- Rooftop Additions
Modern requirements and new technologies and materials
- Codes and Regulatory Requirements for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Green Building Practices in Historic Buildings
- Evaluating Substitute Materials in Historic Buildings
Other Treatments
- Atria, Lightwells, Courtyards
- Awnings
- Coatings for Porches and Decks
- Landscape Treatments Around Industrial Buildings
- Pedestrian Bridges
- Protection of Archeological Resources