Preservation through documentation

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Sometimes the physical preservation of a historic building is impossible. In these instances, the a building can survive as a historical record by thoroughly documenting it in the form of measured drawings, photographs, and a historical report.

 

Jackson Preservation provides building documentation that meets the requirements set forth by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)—the nation’s federal building documentation standard since 1933, whose collections are held in the Library of Congress. HABS documentation includes measured drawings, an historical narrative, and photographs of existing building conditions.  

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Building documentation of this kind is often required during a Section 106 review, when the proposed demolition of a building is determined by state and federal officials to create an "adverse effect."