How Do I?

The United States National Park Service has set standards by which all preservation activities are deemed appropriate. From moving houses to restoring old windows, these guidelines are the excepted methods of preserving your historic structure. Visit the National Parks Service website to learn:

• How to evaluate a historic building before planning a preservation project.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/cheklist.htm

• Best practices for caring for historic buildings, preserving historic building materials, and addressing common preservation and rehabilitation challenges.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/publications.htm

• Online Preservation Education with Topics ranging from planning a preservation project to for a historic house.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/online_ed.htm

• How local historic districts and preservation ordinances help preserve historic buildings and communities.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/workingonthepast/index.htm

• How to evaluate and register diverse historic places from battlefields to cemeteries to suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins.htm