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The standards are guidelines used by preservationists and people working with historical resources, they are the basis for decisions about the approaches taken with preservation projects but they are not laws.
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines (often referred to as "The Standards") Are standards & guidelines in the United States intended to provide professional qualifications and direction on methods and actions covering historic preservation and archeology. The "Standards" are administered by the National Park Service, under the Department of the Interior
There are different kinds of topics covered in the "The Standards" which cover: Standards for Preservation, Standards for Rehabilitation, Standards for Restoration, and Standards for Reconstruction of historical buildings and cultural resources and Standards for Qualification[1] (Individual's required experience in various capacities to perform the registration, identification, evaluation and treatment activities involved with archeological and historical projects).
References
[edit]- ^ National Park Service. "Archeology and Historic Preservation:". Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines. National Park Service. Retrieved 5-24-2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Weeks, Kay D. (1995). The Secretary of the Interior’s standards for the treatment of historic properties: with guidelines for preserving, rehabilitating, restoring & reconstructing historic buildings. Washington D.C: National Park Service. ISBN 0-16-048061-2.
- Secretary of the Interior’s Standards as amended 1995 | July 12, 1995 | Federal Register | Vol. 60 No. 133
- Secretary of the Interior’s Standards | September 29, 1983 | Federal Register | Vol. 48 No. 190
External links
[edit]- U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Architectural and engineering Documentation, Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 139 / Monday July 21, 2003 / Notices, via National Park Service
- Text of the Qualification Standards from the National Park Service Website
- Text of the 1995 Standards for the Treatment of historic Properties from the National Park Service Website
- Text of the Archeological Documentation Standards from the National Park Service Website
- Text of the Historical Documentation Standards from the National Park Service Website
- Text of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- 36 CRF Part 800 Protection of Historic Properties
- National Register Bulletin #15, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation
- Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards