MORE LEADS
Learn more about your home, research methods and materials,
historic preservation, and architectural history.
Informants & Sources
Heritage Preservation
Services
National Park Service branch; includes technical guides, resources
for preservation efforts, contacts for State Historic Preservation
Officers.
Historic
American Buildings Survey
National Park Service branch; records accessible via Library
of Congress.
Perry
Castañeda Library Map Collection
Over 5,000 map images online. Many historical U.S. maps (regional,
county, town). Look for page of links to more online maps.
National
Register of Historic Places
Look for neighborhood history. Search NRHP online for historic
district or "multiple cover" records, which contain detailed
descriptions about an area's history and properties, including
private homes.
Researching
a Historic Property (National Register Bulletin)
Online brochure with hints, research suggestions, lists of
document types and specific data recoverable. Also architectural
records, style guides and books, subject bibliography. Links
to related clearinghouses.
Built
in America (Historic American Buildings Survey)
Multiformat surveys of 35,000+ historic structures. Online
access to over 350,000 documents, drawings, large-format photos and
written histories.
Architectural
Character: Identifying the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings
(includes Architectural Character Checklist/Questionnaire)
Preservation Briefs 17, National Park Service
Understanding
Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation
Preservation Briefs 35, National Park Service
Exterior Paint Problems on Historic Woodwork
Preservation Briefs 10, National Park Service
Painting
Historic Interiors
Preservation Briefs 28, National Park Service
Repairing
Historic Flat Plaster Walls and Ceilings
Preservation Briefs 21, National Park Service
The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows
Preservation Briefs 9, National Park Service
Materials Analysis & Testing Labs
Applied
Consumer Services, Inc.
Paint, paper, wood, textile, particle-size analysis, mildew
and stain resistance testing, concrete/stucco analysis, mineral
analysis, paint and varnish analysis, material testing.
Hialeah Gardens, FL 800.371.5854
Conservation
Center, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Organic analysis and microscopy of materials and construction
method; works of art, historical, and archeological artifacts.
New York, NY 212.772.5800
Orion
Analytical, LLC
Analysis and authentication of materials in art, artifacts,
and architecture; adhesives, binders, coatings, ceramics;
dyes, fibers, fillers, glass, gilding, inks, lacquers, metals,
paints, pigments, stone, tapes, varnishes.
Williamstown, MA 413.458.0233
Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Conservation Department
Organic coatings, paint, films, pigments, fillers, metal corrosion
products, ceramic and stone degradation products.
Philadelphia, PA 215.684.7540
