What is Preservation?
Historic preservation covers a range of topics: cultural heritage, architecture (high style and vernacular), landscapes and monuments, legal issues, rehabilitation and reconstruction, tourism, and more.
For a greater understanding of the field of historic preservation, investigate these organizations and websites:
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Laws
- National Historic Preservation ActEnacted in 1966; last amended in 2006. This link is to a PDF of the latest version.
- Antiquities ActEnacted in 1906; authorizes the U.S. president to proclaim landmarks and objects of historic or scientific interest (national monuments).
- A layperson’s guide to historic preservation law : a survey of federal, state, and local laws governing historic resource protectionMaryland Room - National Trust Library Stacks - KF4310.Z9 M54 2004
Basic Reading
- Tyler, Norman. Historic preservation: an introduction to its history, principles, and practice. (2nd ed.) New York: W.W. Norton, 2009.
E159 .T95 2000
National Trust Library Stacks - McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A field guide to American houses. New York: Knopf, 1984.
NA7205 .M35 1984
Architecture Library Stacks; National Trust Library Stacks - Murtagh, William J. Keeping time: the history and theory of preservation in America. (3rd ed.) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2006
E159 .M875 2006 - Stipe, Robert E. (ed.) A richer heritage: historic preservation in the twenty-first century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
E159 .R535 2003
Photos
Useful Portal Websites
- PreserveNet
- NTHP ForumLogin required...check with your program director if needed.
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