WWW-VL: US HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• Research Tools
  • Maps
    • Main Map
      • UN World Heritage Site Map, United Nations
    • Other Maps, including satellite and aerial photographs
    • Gazetteers
      • Location of Cities and Towns, getty.edu
    • Geographic Finding Aids
  • Reference Works
    • Archival & Conservation
      • Archival science
      • Archivist
      • Conservation
    • Encyclopedias & Thesaurus
      • Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser
      • Architecture Web Sites [an excellent link collecttion, though somehow outdated]
      • Dissertations Underway on Architectural History
    • Preservation Resources
      • Kansas Preservation Plan "Historical Preservation Is Public Policy" [.pdf file]
      • Kansas Barn Alliance
      • KPA Directory of Preservation Resources
      • Historic Preservation Construction and Maintainence Directory, Open Directory Project [human edited source]
      • How Sustainable is your Historic House Museum? [.pdf file], AASLH Historic House Museum Affinity Group
  • Biography
    • Great Architects Index
    • British Architectural Library
    • A Digital Archive of Architecture
    • Environmental Design Archives
    • Great Buildings Picture Index
  • State Preservation Offices -- Selected examples
    • Arizona State Historic Preservation Office
    • California Office of Historic Preservation
    • Delaware State Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs
    • Georgia Historic Preservation Division
    • Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
    • Kansas State Historical Society Preservation Office
    • Kansas Preservation newsletter: 315 historic barns and farmsteads
    • Maine Historic Preservation Commission
    • Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
    • New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation
    • New Jersey Historic Preservation Office
    • North Carolina State Preservation Office
    • Ohio Historic Preservation Office
    • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
    • South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
    • Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
  • Preservation Blogs
    • Preservation Blogs, Technorati preservation
  • Materials
    • On-Line Texts and Document Collections
      • Library of Congress Preservation LOC, Washington, DC
      • Preservation Briefs, National Park Service, US Federal Government, Washington, DC
      • A Virtual History of Architecture, by Octavian Ciupitu
    • On-Line Journals
      • Preservation On-Line the Web Magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
  • Associations
    • Kansas Preservation Alliance
    • Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
    • National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
    • National Trust Main Street Center [commercial districts]
    • National Trust for Historic Preservation Advocacy Center
    • Preservation Action: Grassroots Preservation in our Nation's Capitol
    • Preservation Action Council of San Jose, San Jose, California CA
  • Funding Institutions
    • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, (advices the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy), Washington, DC
    • GSA Historic Preservation Overview, US General Services Administration, Washington, DC
    • US Navy Historic Preservation Program ACHP
• Instruction
  • On-Line Course Materials
    • Preservation Directory Online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada, Portland, Oregon OR
    • Digital Preservation, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
    • Preservation Brief 20: The Preservation of Historic Barns, NPS
    • Economic Benefits of Preservation Session, "Sustainability and Historic Preservation" , Donovan Rypkema, preservation.org
    • Researching a Historic Property, NPS
• Topical
  • LEEDS Green Architecture
    • USGBC: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED Connect with LEED-certified green builders in a new online forum for USGBC members.
    • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED is a leading guide for green building in the United States, including architects, engineers, landscape architects, Wikipedia
    • Architecture and Design · $1Billion Vail Green Resort Seeks Leed, If approved for development, Ever Vail will be the largest LEED-certified project for resort use, Modern Green Design and Architecture.
    • First Certified 'Green' Dormitory, Chronicle: 3/26/2004: Constructing a LEED-certified dorm was a learning process
    • Greener Buildings: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Slated to be the nation's first "green" children's museum, the Brooklyn Children's Museum will be LEED certified.
    • Jetson Green: Nation's First Multi-Unit LEED-Certified Building aka 53 Standish Street, is the first LEED-H Certified
    • Hearst Tower LEED Certified in “Gold” Ontario Association of Architects convention, Toronto, Canada
    • USGBC: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Connect with LEED-certified green builders in a new online forum for USGBC members.
    • Sustainable Design & Green Architecture WBCM LEED 2.0 Certified Architects by the US Green Building Council, the certification association for green architecture

Related WWW-Virtual Library Sites

• WWW-VL: US History Archives
• WWW-VL: US History Books and Booksellers
• WWW-VL: US History Federal Resources
• WWW-VL: US History Journals

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Maintained by George Laughead , manager, WWW-VL: WWW-Virtual Library @ www.vlib.us and Kansas Heritage Group. Thanks to Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, Professor of History Emeritus, University of Kansas, original author, History: The WWW Virtual Library.

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Posted: 12 May 2007. Updated: 10 February 2013. Hosted at WWW Virtual Library @ www.vlib.us
(© 2007-2013 George Laughead)

WWW-VL: US Historic Preservation
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