ASM ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY DIVISION

ASM’s Architectural History Division assists clients in meeting historic preservation requirements of federal, state and local laws and regulations by producing precise technical surveys, building assessments and evaluations, preservation plans, and agency consultations. Our Architectural Historians, Historical Architects and Historians regularly research and analyze historic properties, providing historic architecture services to aid our clients in complying with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, state building codes and municipal ordinances. Our architectural history staff far exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards (36CFR61) for the disciplines of architectural historian, historic architect, landscape historian and historian. Our professionals are leaders in their fields and stay abreast of the latest trends in legislation and issues relative to historic preservation. They take pride in balancing compliance requirements with specific client/project needs. Whether conducting a complex city-wide survey or merely assessing a specific property, ASM’s Architectural History Division’s record is one of delivering a superior product on time and on budget.

Historic Properties Management and Planning

• Historic Preservation Plans
• Historic Building Maintenance Plans
• Cultural Resources Management Plans

Historic Properties Surveys and Assessments

• Historic Structures Reports
• Historic Resources Evaluation Reports
• Historic Properties Survey Reports
• Building Condition Assessments
• City-wide/Neighborhood Surveys

Historic Properties Evaluations and Nominations

• Historic Buildings Inventory and Evaluations
• Recommendations of Eligibility
• National Register Nomination Forms

CEQA/NEPA Documentation Consultation

• Assessments of Effect
• Alternatives Development
• Scoping and Public Outreach Assistance

Section 106 Consultations

• Determinations of Undertaking
• Determinations of APE
• Determinations of Adverse Effect
• Mitigation Development
• SHPO Consultation

Archival Documentation

• Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
• Historic American Landscape Surveys (HALS)

Design Guidelines & Consultation

• SOI Standards and Guidelines Applications
• State/Local Preservation Criteria Applications
• Municipal Historic Building/District Ordinance Development

Museum Support

• Interpretation
• Exhibits

ASM’s architectural history staff exceeds the Secretary of the Interiors Professional Qualifications Standards in the areas of:

• Architectural Historian
• Historic Architect
• Historian
• Landscape Historian