Secretary Of The Interior S Standards For Rehabilitation Of Historic Buildings

Unlike the standards the guidelines are not codified as program requirements.

Secretary of the interior s standards for rehabilitation of historic buildings. The guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings and the guidelines on sustainability for rehabilitating historic buildings which assist in applying the standards are advisory. The standards department of interior regulations 36 cfr 67 pertain to historic buildings of all materials construction types sizes and occupancy and encompass the exterior and the interior related landscape features and the building s site and environment as well as attached adjacent or related new construction. The secretary of the interior s standards for rehabilitation.

The secretary of the interior is responsible for establishing standards for all national preservation programs under departmental authority and for advising federal agencies on the preservation of historic properties listed or eligible for listing in the national register of historic places. The guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings were initially developed in 1977 to help property owners developers and federal managers apply the secretary of the interior s standards for rehabilitation during the project planning stage by providing general design and technical recommendations. The guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings are intended to help property owners developers and federal managers apply the secretary of the interior s.

The standards for rehabilitation a section of the secretary s standards for historic preservation projects address the most prevalent preservation treatment today.