Planning Successful Rehabilitation Projects

Applying the Standards to common rehabilitation concerns

Technical Preservation Services has developed a wide variety of guidance and other information on applying the Standards for Rehabilitation. Much of it has been developed in the context of the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program, but it is applicable to all rehabilitation projects.
This guidance and other information is particularly useful for applicants who are planning rehabilitation projects using the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives. It addresses some common concerns in historic rehabilitation projects. Additional guidance on applying the Standards to tax incentives projects can be found in Incentives and Interpreting the Standards Bulletins.

Interpreting & Applying the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation

Acquired Significance and Standard 4

Continued Historic Use and Standard 1

Other guidance topics on this page

• Windows
• Interior treatments
• New additions and related new construction
• Modern requirements and new technologies
• Other treatments
• Deteriorated and damaged buildings

Windows

• Evaluating Historic Windows for Repair or Replacement

• Replacement Windows that Meet the Standards

• Documentation Requirements for Proposed Window Replacement

• Replacement Windows Where No Historic Windows Remain

• Evaluating Tinted and Reflective Glazing

Interior treatments

• NEW Historic Acoustical Panel Ceilings and Residential and Hotel Conversions

• Identifying Primary and Secondary Interior Spaces in Historic Buildings

• Changing Secondary Interior Spaces in Historic Buildings

• Historically-Finished Secondary Spaces—Avoiding Problematic Treatments at Project Completion
  Exposed masonry, structure, or ceilings; new MEP systems; and "white box" condition in historically-finished secondary spaces

• Subdividing Assembly Spaces in Historic Buildings

• Retaining Corridors and Other Circulation Spaces in Historic Buildings

• Interior Spaces, Features, and Materials in Highly Deteriorated Condition and Standard 2

• Exposing Interior Masonry Walls and Ceilings

• Office Building Interiors

• Repetitive Floor Plans

New additions and related new construction

• New Additions to Historic Buildings

• New Construction within the Boundaries of Historic Properties

• Rooftop Additions

Modern requirements and new technologies and materials

• UPDATED Codes and Regulatory Requirements for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings

• Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Green Building Practices in Historic Buildings

• NEW Evaluating Substitute Materials in Historic Buildings

Other treatments

• Atria, Lightwells, Courtyards

• Awnings

• Coatings for Porches and Decks

• Landscape Treatments Around Industrial Buildings

• Pedestrian Bridges

• Protection of Archeological Resources

Deteriorated and damaged buildings

• Deteriorated and Damaged Buildings

• Deteriorated, Damaged, or Previously Altered Buildings

• Documentation Required in Establishing the Structural Condition of a Building

Role of Economic and Technical Feasibility in Applying the Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation