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Using the Standards for Rehabilitation to guide your project

Wednesday, December 8, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation consist of 10 common-sense principles to guide and evaluate rehabilitation work done to historic resources. Whether you’re contemplating a future tax credit project or thinking about applying for a historic preservation grant, adhering to the rehab standards will be critical to receiving your final approvals. Join Mariangela Pfister, Department Head, Technical Preservation Services of the State Historic Preservation Office, as she provides a basic overview of the standards and how they are interpreted. 

Presenter

Mariangela Pfister, department head and deputy state historic preservation officer for technical preservation services, heads the Technical Preservation Services Department which manages the Building Doctor program, answers questions about care of older buildings, and works with applicants for the Federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit and the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit. She has developed a wood conservation presentation, has written articles on preservation topics, and continues to work on a series of fact sheets entitled “Fast Facts” on common old-building maintenance issues. Pfister holds a master’s degree in history from The Ohio State University and bachelor’s degrees in history, English, and secondary education from Capital University.

 

 

Using the Standards for Rehabilitation to Guide Your Next Building Project Webinar

Wednesday, December 16 – 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

How well do you know the National Park Service’s Standards for Rehabilitation? This set of 10 common-sense guidelines focuses on how to retain the historic character of your building, while adapting the building for current uses, whether in a residential or business setting. Thousands of building projects across Ohio have successfully used the Standards as a benchmark to achieve the best building rehabilitation outcomes. Learn from Mariangela Pfister, head of Technical Preservation Services at the State Historic Preservation Office, how these standards are applied to common rehabilitation situations.

 

An Introduction to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation Webinar

Wednesday, May 20th – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation consist of a set of 10 common-sense guidelines that we use to guide proper rehabilitation techniques and processes. But how do you judge when a building element can be repaired, versus having to be replaced? How do you handle later alterations to a building? What if your building is missing historic features? Nathan Bevil from the State Historic Preservation Office will be joining us to shed light on how the Standards help preservation professionals guide their decision-making process, insuring a historic building can function in a modern environment while maintaining its historic integrity.