{"id":17294,"date":"2017-05-16T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/?p=17294"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:20:05","slug":"secretary-standards-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/news\/posts\/2017\/05\/16\/secretary-standards-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secretary of the Interior&#8217;s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring &amp; Reconstructing Historic Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759263825731{background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/publications-banner.svg?id=17803) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; min_height=&#8221;3em&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-section&#8221; el_id=&#8221;media-header&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-overlay&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p><em>Published 2017 by the National Park Service&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/orgs\/1739\/tps-publications.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Preservation Services<\/a> (TPS); combined and republished by NJHPO<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For owners, architects, contractors, consultants and others involved in construction work on historic buildings.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"button-container\" class=\"banner-button\">\n<li><a class=\"p-2 mr-4 btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/orgs\/1739\/secretary-standards-treatment-historic-properties.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Browse online version (NPS.gov)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"p-2 mr-4 btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/docs\/nps\/treatment\/treatment-guidelines-2017-full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download combined PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=&#8221;media-summary&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1vw&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;hpo-callout-text&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Excerpt from Preface<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hpo-intro-paragraph&#8221;]The Standards were codified in the Federal Register in 1995, the same year that they were published with guidelines as <cite>The Secretary of the Interior\u2019s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings.<\/cite> These Standards and Guidelines provide a critical part of the framework of the national preservation program. They are widely used at the federal, state, and local levels to guide work on historic buildings, and they also have been adopted by Certified Local Governments and historic preservation commissions across the nation. \u2026[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;hpo-callout-text&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\u2026 Since these Guidelines were first published in 1995, a greater number of buildings and building types, telling a broader range of stories that are part of the nation\u2019s heritage, have been recognized as <q>historic<\/q> and eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. These guidelines have been updated and expanded to address the treatment of these buildings constructed with newer materials and systems from the mid- and late-20th century.<\/p>\n<p>The updated Guidelines have the same organization as the prior version, beginning with an introduction and a historical overview, followed by chapters that focus on each of the four treatments: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction. The historical overview has been expanded; not only has the information on historic materials, systems, features, and special issues that comprised the previous edition been more fully developed, but new entries have been added on glass, paint and other coatings, composite materials, imitative materials, and curtain walls.<\/p>\n<p>In each of the four chapters, the <q>Recommended<\/q> and <q>Not Recommended<\/q> treatments have been updated and revised throughout to ensure that they continue to promote the best practices in preservation. The section on exterior additions to historic buildings in the Rehabilitation Guidelines has been broadened also to address related new construction on a building site. A section on code-required work is now included in all of the chapters. <q>Energy Efficiency<\/q> has been eliminated, since it is more fully covered by the guidance provided on sustainability in <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/news\/posts\/2011\/04\/05\/secretary-standards-sustainability\/\"><cite>The Secretary of the Interior\u2019s Standards for Rehabilitation and Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings<\/cite><\/a> (published in 2011), which has general applicability to all the treatments and is incorporated here by reference. Sections on \u201cResilience to Natural Hazards\u201d have been added, but these topics will be more fully addressed in separate documents and web features. Finally, the updated Guidelines feature all new, and many more, illustrations in color.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=&#8221;end-spacer&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;4vw&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759263825731{background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/publications-banner.svg?id=17803) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; min_height=&#8221;3em&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-section&#8221; el_id=&#8221;media-header&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-overlay&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Overview Published 2017 by the National Park Service&#8217;s Technical Preservation Services (TPS); combined and republished by NJHPO For owners, architects, contractors, consultants and others involved in construction work on historic buildings. 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