Crafting preservation criteria : the National Register of Historic Places and American historic preservation / John H. Sprinkle, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprinkle, John H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Register of Historic Places.

Historic preservation--United States.

Historic preservation.

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--United States.

Historic sites.

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--United States.

Historic buildings.

Physical Description:

xv, 244 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"In 1966, American historic preservation was transformed by the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, which created a National Register of Historic Places. Now comprising more than 1.4 million historic properties across the country, the National Register is the official federal list of places in the United States thought to be worthy of preservation. One of the fundamental principles of the National Register is that every property is evaluated according to a standard set of criteria that provide the framework for understanding why a property is significant in American history. The origins of these criteria are important because they provide the threshold for consideration by a broad range of federal preservation programs, from planning for continued adaptive use, to eligibility for grants, and inclusion in heritage tourism and educational programs. Crafting Preservation Criteria sets out these preservation criteria for students, explaining how they got added to the equation, and elucidating the test cases that allowed for their use. From artworks to churches, from 'the fifty year rule' to 'the historic scene', students will learn how places have been historically evaluated to be placed on the National Register, and how the criteria evolved over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The prehistory of preservation

An orderly, balanced, and comprehensive panorama

Integrity and authenticity

Both artistic and historic

A more difficult problem

The 50-year rule

The separation of historic church and state

Le tout ensemble

The preservation movement

Eligible for inclusion

[Appendices] : National Register criteria for evaluation, 1969

National historic sites designated from 1935-1965

Structures of outstanding architectural merit, 1941

Criteria for evaluating historic sites and buildings, 1948

Nationally significant churches in the thirteen original colonies, 1944

Criteria for classification of historic sites, buildings, and objects, 1965.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780415642552

0415642558

9780415642569

0415642566

1136169849

9781136169847

OCLC:

864709653