Description
Research, evaluate, document, and protect historic buildings, sites, districts, and cultural landscapes, guiding their treatment, interpretation, and adaptive reuse through planning, compliance, and conservation consistent with preservation standards and laws.
- • Conduct historic resource surveys and inventories to identify eligible properties.
- • Evaluate significance, integrity, and authenticity of buildings, sites, and districts.
- • Gather archival, architectural, and oral-history data from records, maps, and fieldwork.
- • Prepare National Register and local landmark nominations with statements of significance.
- • Perform Section 106/NEPA reviews and draft determinations of effect and mitigation.
- • Develop preservation plans, treatment recommendations, and design guidelines per SOI Standards.
- • Document resources with measured drawings, photographs, and written histories (HABS/HAER/HALS).
- • Advise on and oversee conservation, stabilization, restoration, and rehabilitation work.
- • Review project designs for compatibility and recommend or issue certificates of appropriateness.
- • Coordinate with owners, architects, planners, contractors, tribes, and agencies on preservation goals.
- • Prepare condition assessments, materials analyses, and cyclical maintenance plans.
- • Manage preservation grants, incentives, and tax credit applications.
- • Monitor preservation easements, covenants, and stewardship agreements for compliance.
- • Develop and deliver public programs, tours, and training to build preservation awareness.
- • Create interpretive materials, exhibits, and digital content with historical accuracy.
- • Advise on adaptive reuse, accessibility, energy upgrades, and code compliance sensitive to historic fabric.
- • Maintain databases and GIS records for historic resources and project documentation.
- • Write technical reports, scopes of work, and specifications for preservation treatments.
- • Coordinate cataloging and archival storage of plans, photographs, and artifacts.
- • Collect oral histories and community knowledge to inform place-based preservation.
- • Plan for disaster preparedness, risk reduction, and emergency response for historic properties.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
