Compromised treatment - only the front of a historic structure is saved - example, the Red Lion Row in Washington, D.C.
Building Material - a rectangular building unit made of clay and sand and fired in a kiln.
Building Material - Sun-dried clay material
NR Eligibility - One of the factors considered when determining the eligibility of a building or structure - the fabric of the structure or building.
Architectural Style that appeared immediately after the Revolution. It is a common style in Savannah.
Legal Framework - When a government entity confiscates someone's property without compensation to the owner. This is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution
Legal Framework - an urban planning tool introduced by municipalities to separate residential, commercial, and industrial areas in order to increase the quality of life and the property values within protected areas.
SoI Standards - the treatment that is the least invasive to the historic property.
Building Material - a natural material produced by volcanic eruption or extrusion from the ground. In its natural state it is referred to as a rock.
A relatively new discipline that focuses on the treatment of historic and artistic works. Professionals belong to the AIC.
NR Eligibility - One of the factors considered when deterring the eligibility of a building or structure. It refers to a property's documented or observable links to an event or person and the place as it exists today.
One of the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places - Criterion B.
SoI Standards - The total rebuilding of a historic building or structure that once existed on a given site.
An abbreviation for a local government that is authorized or certified to participate in the National Historic Preservation Program. Savannah has been given this authority/designation.
SoI Standards - The most common preservation treatment. The use of the building or structure is being changed from one function to another without the loss the the building's character defining features.
Overall Form - It refers to the features that make a historic building or historic district distinctive - it is also part of the new name for historic preservation program at SCAD
NR Eligibility - This is one of the requirements for eligibility for the architectural category on the National Register of Historic Places (same word for #31 Across).
Legal Framework - compound word that describes the right of government to compel citizens to act or force them not to act in certain ways.
One of the most popular architectural styles in Savannah. A typical feature is an overhanging roofline often supported by brackets.
A unit of the National Park Service that records historic buildings and structures. These records are preserved in the Library of Congress.
A defined geographical area made up of a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects that are united in historically or stylistically by events, design, function, or physical development.
A legal term--the area where a legal body or a political entity possesses the authority to deal with legal matters.
NR Nominations - the physical location where a historically significant event took place, where a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity happened, or where buildings, structures, or objects stand or stood.
The designation for a property that is listed on the National Register but enjoys added status.
An abbreviation for the unit of the National Park Service that documents and records cultural landscapes.