Historic 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:

• 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
  McKeldin Library Stacks; National Trust Library Stacks
• 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
  Architecture Library Stacks; National Trust Library Stacks
• Burden, Ernest E. Illustrated dictionary of architectural preservation: restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, reuse. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
  NA 105 .B87 2003
  Architecture Library Reference