[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 36, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 36CFR68.2]



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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY

 

      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 68_THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF 

HISTORIC PROPERTIES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 68.2  Definitions.



    The standards for the treatment of historic properties will be used 

by the National Park Service and State historic preservation officers 

and their staff members in planning, undertaking and supervising grant-

assisted projects for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and 

reconstruction. For the purposes of this part:

    (a) Preservation means the act or process of applying measures 

necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity and materials of an 

historic property. Work, including preliminary measures to protect and 

stabilize the property, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance 

and repair of historic materials and features rather than extensive 

replacement and new construction. New exterior additions are not within 

the scope of this treatment; however, the limited and sensitive 

upgrading of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and other code-

required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a 

preservation project.

    (b) Rehabilitation means the act or process of making possible an 

efficient compatible use for a property through repair, alterations and 

additions while preserving those portions or features that convey its 

historical, cultural or architectural values.

    (c) Restoration means the act or process of accurately depicting the 

form, features and character of a property as it appeared at a 

particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other 

periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the 

restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, 

electrical and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make 

properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.

    (d) Reconstruction means the act or process of depicting, by means 

of new construction, the form, features and detailing of a non-surviving 

site, landscape, building, structure or object for the purpose of 

replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its 

historic location.



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