Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 089 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND MAINE STATE MUSEUM › Chapter 811 - HISTORIC BUILDINGS RESTORATION GRANTS › Appendix 089-811-D

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC
				  PRESERVATION
Standards for Stabilization
1. Stabilization shall re-establish the
				structural stability of a property through the reinforcement of load-bearing
				members or by arresting material deterioration leading to structural failure.
				Stabilization shall also re-establish weather resistant conditions for a
				property.
2. Stabilization shall be
				accomplished in such a manner that it detracts as little as possible from the
				property's appearance. When reinforcement is requited to re-establish
				structural stability, such work shall be concealed wherever possible so as not
				to intrude upon or detract from the aesthetic and historical quality of the
				property, except where concealment would result in the alteration or
				destruction of historically significant material or spaces.
Standards for Preservation
1. Preservation shall maintain the existing
				form, integrity, and materials of a building, structure, or site. Substantial
				reconstruction or restoration of lost features generally are not included in a
				preservation undertaking.
2.
				Preservation shall include techniques of arresting or retarding the
				deterioration of a property through a program of on-going maintenance.
Standards for Restoration
1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to
				use a property for its originally intended purpose or to provide a compatible
				use that will require minimum alteration to the property and its
				environment.
2. Reinforcement
				required for structural stability or the installation of protective or code
				required mechanical systems shall be concealed whenever possible so as not to
				intrude or detract from the property's aesthetic and historical qualities,
				except where concealment would result in the alteration or destruction of
				historically significant materials or spaces.
3. When archaeological resources must be
				disturbed by restoration work, recovery of archaeological material shall be
				undertaken in conformance with current professional practices.
Standards for Reconstruction
1. Reconstruction of a part or all of a
				property shall be undertaken only when such work is essential to reproduce a
				significant missing feature in a historic district or scene, and when a
				contemporary design solution is not acceptable.
2. Reconstruction of all or a part of a
				historic property shall be appropriate when the reconstruction is essential for
				understanding and interpreting the value of a historic district, or when no
				other building, structure, object, or landscape feature with the same
				associative value has survived and sufficient historical documentation exists
				to insure an accurate reproduction of the original.
3. The reproduction of missing elements
				accomplished with new materials shall duplicate the composition, design, color,
				texture, and other visual qualities of the missing element. Reconstruction of
				missing architectural features shall be based upon accurate duplication of
				original features, substantiated by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence
				rather than upon conjectural designs or the availability of different
				architectural features from other buildings.
4. Reconstruction of a building or structure
				on an original site shall be preceded by a thorough archaeological
				investigation to locate and identify all sub-surface features and
				artifacts.
5. Reconstruction shall
				include measures to preserve any remaining original fabric, including
				foundations, sub-surface, and ancillary elements. The reconstruction of missing
				elements and features shall be done in such a manner that the essential form
				and integrity of the original surviving features are unimpaired.