historic preservation
Saving old buildings
Historic preservation is the practice of protecting buildings, sites, and structures of historical or architectural significance from demolition or alteration.
The field encompasses documentation, restoration, and legal protections like landmark designation.
In the US, the National Register of Historic Places identifies properties worthy of preservation: The neighborhood's historic preservation efforts saved several Victorian homes from developers.
Notable point of reference
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- adaptive reuseRetrofitting buildings for new functions
- period styleDesign evoking past era
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
integrity · streetscape · contextualism · infill · designation · easement · zoning · building codes
Restoring to good condition
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
adaptive reuse · retrofitting · stabilization · mothballing · repointing · reversibility · documentation · craftsmanship
Responsibility for care, protection
- heritage tourismVisiting historically significant places
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- National RegisterU.S. historic properties list
- listingRecorded item in catalog
tax credits · land trust · nonprofit · philanthropy · endowment · maintenance · sustainability · documentation
Community's shared historical recall
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- sense of placeAttachment to locale
continuity · legacy · chronicles · annals · lore · placemaking · identity · storytelling
Officially protected cultural locations
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- excavationAct of unearthing
artifact · indigenous · ancestral · oral history · ethnography · ceremonial · sacred sites · battlefields
landmark
Notable point of reference
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- adaptive reuseRetrofitting buildings for new functions
- period styleDesign evoking past era
vernacular · integrity · streetscape · contextualism · infill · designation · easement · zoning · building codes · protected status
renovation
Restoring to good condition
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
revitalization · adaptive reuse · retrofitting · stabilization · mothballing · repointing · reversibility · documentation · craftsmanship
custodianship
Responsibility for care, protection
- heritage tourismVisiting historically significant places
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- National RegisterU.S. historic properties list
listing · tax credits · land trust · nonprofit · philanthropy · endowment · maintenance · sustainability · documentation · education
collective memory
Community's shared historical recall
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
sense of place · continuity · legacy · chronicles · annals · lore · placemaking · identity · storytelling · testimonial
heritage sites
Officially protected cultural locations
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
excavation · artifact · indigenous · ancestral · oral history · ethnography · ceremonial · sacred sites · battlefields · cemeteries
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- renovationsrenovation, remodel, refurbishment, addition, extension
- restorationrestoration, repair, renovation, rebuilding, refurbishment
- city ordinancescity charter, noise ordinance, noise ordinances, code enforcement, municipal codes
- city regulationsnoise ordinance, noise ordinances, building regulations, housing codes, health codes
- Colonial WilliamsburgColonial Williamsburg, Capitol Building, living history, period costumes, blacksmith
historic preservationdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
destruction · razing · teardown · wrecking · gutting
historic preservationdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
redevelopment · urban renewal · tear-down · razing · gentrification
historic preservationfuturism
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
progressivism · iconoclasm · cultural erasure · anti-traditionalism · modernism
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