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Prepared by the Preservation MassachusettsHistoric District/Historical Commission CommitteePreservation 301, September 2006
SELECTED READINGS
The following titles will provide a good start for a commission’s library and assist in the tasks of Identification, Evaluation and Preservation of the community’s historic resources:
IDENTIFY and EVALUATE
Architecture
Blumenson, John J. G.
Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms,1600-1945.
Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1986.Cummings, Abbott Lowell.
The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725.
Cambridge:Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1979.Garvin, James L.
A Building History of Northern New England
. Hanover and London: UniversityPress of New England. 2001.Harris, Cyril M. ed.
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1977.Hubka, Thomas C.
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildingsof New England
. Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1984.Hugh, Howard.
How Old Is This House? A Skeleton Key to Dating and Identifying ThreeCenturies of American Houses
. Noonday Press, 1989.Longstreth, Richard.
The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture.
Washington, D.C. Preservation Press for the National Trust for HistoricPreservation, 1987.McAlester, Virginia and Lee.
A Field Guide to American Houses
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,1986.Phillips, Steven.
Old House Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture(1600-1940)
. John Wiley & Sons, 1992.Poppeliers, John C., S. Allen Chambers and Nancy B. Schwartz.
What Style Is It?
Washington:Preservation Press, 1983.Reed, Roger and Greer Harwicke.
Carriage House to Auto House
. Brookline, MA: BrooklinePreservation Commission, 2002.Rifkind, Carole.
A Field Guide to American Architecture
. New York: New American Library,1980.
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Visser, Thomas Durant.
Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
. Hanover andLondon: University Press of New England, 1997.Whiffen, Marcus.
American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles
. Cambridge: MITPress, 1969.
Landscape Architecture
Birnbaum, Charles A., editor,
Pioneers of American Landscape Design I & II
an annotated bibliography.Birnbaum, Charles A., ed. T
he Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes
. Historic LandscapeInitiative, Heritage Preservation Services, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships.Washington, DC: National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, 1996.Copps, David H.
Views From the Road: A Community Guide for Assessing Rural Historic Landscapes.
Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995.Jackson, John Brinkerhoff.
A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time
. New Haven: Yale UniversityPress, 1996.Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
Reading the Land: Massachusetts Heritage Landscapes: A Guide to Identification and Protection
. Prepared by PAL, 2003. Note: Massachusetts DEM is now the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)Tishler, William H.
American Landscape Architecture Designers and Places
. Washington D.C.:Preservation Press for National Trust for Historic Preservation. 1989.
PRESERVE
Preservation Law
King, Thomas F.
Cultural Resource Laws and Practice: An Introductory Guide
. Walnut Creek,London, New Delhi: Alta Mira Press, 1998.The following
Massachusetts General Laws
are important documents to have at your fingertips.They can be found on the General Laws of Massachusetts website
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl
Chapter 40C: Local Historic DistrictsChapter 40-8D: Local Historical CommissionsChapter 40-15C: Scenic Roads ActChapter 184, Sections 31-33: Preservation and Conservation RestrictionsChapter 254: Review of state actions affecting State Register properties National Historic Preservation Act of 1966Section 106: Review of federal actions affecting National Register properties
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Preservation Management and Technology
Building MaterialsJester, Thomas C. ed.
Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation
.McGraw Hill, 1995.Maycock, Susan, Sally Zimmerman, et. al.
Painting Historic Exteriors: Colors, Application, and Regulation
. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Historical Commission, 1998.Moss, Roger W., ed.
Paint in America: The Color of Historic Buildings
. Washington D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Preservation Press, 1994. National Trust for Historic Preservation, Pamela Dwight, General Editor.
Landmark Yellow Pages: All the Names, Addresses, Facts and Figures You Need in Preservation
. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1993
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Sullivan, Charles, Eileen Woodford, et. al.
Maintaining Your Old House in Cambridge
.Cambridge, MA: The Cambridge Historical Commission, 1988.Guidelines ExamplesDesign Review Guidelines:Concord, MA: Historic District Guidelines, 2002. Nantucket, MA: Building with Nantucket in Mind. 1992 New Bedford: Guidelines for the Bedford Landing Waterfront Historic District, 2001.Salem, MA: Historic District Guidelines, to be republished in 2004.Rehabilitation Guidelines: National Park Service: Respectful Rehabilitation.National Park Service: Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Treatment of HistoricProperties.Salem: The Salem Handbook, to be revised 2007 by Historic Salem, Inc..Preservation PlanningMassachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
Preservation Guidelines for Municipally Owned Historic Burial Grounds and Cemeteries
. Prepared by Walker-KluesingDesign Group, 2000. Note: Mass DEM is now the Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR)Morris Marya.
Innovative Tools for Historic Preservation
. National Trust for HistoricPreservation and American Planning Association: Planning Advisory Service Report Number 438, 1992.Rains, William, ed.
With Heritage So Rich
. Washington D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1983.Reps, John William.
The Making of Urban America: The History of City Planning in the United States
. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992.Preservation Plans:Medfield: Historic Preservation Plan, prepared by Kathleen Kelly Broomer, 1999.Salem: Municipal Buildings Preservation Plan, prepared by William Finch.
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