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Historic and Cultura
Areas of Practice - Historic and Cultural Resource Pla - AICP November 2022 Test
Term | Definition |
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Historic district | a group of buildings, properties or sites that have been designated either at the local, state and/or national level. provided when the buildings, properties or sites in the area have been determined to be historically or architecturally significant. |
National Register of Historic Places definition, a historic district is | "[A] geograp definable area, urban or rural, possessing a significant conc, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical dev. may comprise individ elements separated geograph |
First historic district in 1932 | Charleston, South Carolina |
National Register of Historic Places, 1966 | Created by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service . Building, property or site must have historic significance, among other criteria to qualify for federal tax incentives under Section 106. Requires a State Historical Preservation Off |
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1949 | privately funded nonprofit org for acquisition and admin of historic sites. National Park for Yellowstone in 1872, then Antiquities in 1906, Historic Sites Act in 1935. Also Main Street program, now managed by National Main Street Center. |
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 | Req State Historic Preservation Office. Many state and local governments have their own laws for historic district designation - some have no restrictions on property owners, while some require strict regulations under Section 106 |
Historic Preservation Law Case | Penn Station, New York was built in 1910 and demolished in 1963. Did not have rules to protect this building from demolition. |
Historic Preservation | Retention of Form |
Historic Rehabilitation | Acknowledges the need to alter |
Historic Restore | property at a particular period of time |
Historic Reconstruction | Recreate, for interpretive purposes |
Secretary of Interior has standards and guidelines for historic properties | standards - regulatory requirements guidelines - advisory 1. rehabilitation 2. preservation 3. rehabilitation and 4. restore |
Federal Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings Roots in 1966 National Historic Properties Act for income producing properties | 1976 define accelerated depreciation and began program 1979 provide a 10% tax credit for owning one 1986 20% and 10% tiered approach Also tax benefits for historic preservation easements via deed |
The Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act, predecessor of the National Historic Preservation Act, passed 1935 | Req Secretary of the Interior to identify, acquire and restore qualifying historic sites and properties and calls upon fed agencies to consider preservation in plans and programs |