Architectural History
CRA offers a full range of technical expertise for the identification, documentation, evaluation, and protection of historic buildings, structures, and landscapes. Our highly trained and experienced professionals meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior's professional qualification standards for architectural history and history and are well-versed in Section 106 and Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, and the evaluation and documentation standards of the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, our historians are adept at helping communities, organizations, and agencies promote, preserve, and protect their distinct heritage. From basic surveys to complex mitigation projects, CRA’s architectural historians are ready to provide you with high-quality, efficient work tailored to meet your needs.
Areas of Expertise
- Architectural Surveys (Reconnaissance and Intensive Level)
- Community Assistance
- Cultural Landscape Assessment
- Design Guidelines
- Determination of Area of Potential Effect (APE)
- Determinations of Eligibility
- Determinations of Effect
- HABS/HAER/HALS Documentation
- Heritage Tourism
- Historic Context Statements
- Historic Paint Analysis
- Historic Property Management Plans
- Historic Structures Reports (HSR)
- Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Applications
- Historical Research/literature Review
- Interpretive Signage
- National Register Evaluation
- Native American Consultation
- NEPA, EA, EIS
- Mitigation
- Modern and Recent Past Resource Assessment
- Multiple Property Submissions
- National Register of Historic Places Nominations
- Preparation of Memorandum of Agreements (MOA)
- Preservation Planning
- Section 106 Consulting Parties Coordination
- State Level Documentation
- Thematic Studies
Architectural History Project Examples
- Analysis of Paint Samples Taken from the Interior of the Kentucky State Arsenal Building/Kentucky Military History Museum in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Archaeological and Architectural Survey of Proposed Improvements to Richmond International Airport (RIC), Richmond, Virginia; VDHR File No. 2011-0961
- Architectural Survey for the Proposed Buckeye Wind Farm in Champaign County, Ohio
- Comprehensive Architectural Survey of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Creative Mitigation: A Historic Preservation Lesson Plan for Fourth Grade Students
- Cultural Historic Baseline Survey for the Proposed KY 293 to KY 91 Princeton Connector in Caldwell County, Kentucky (Item Number 2-153.00)
- Cultural Historic Survey for the Proposed Mid-Vol Coal Sales Grey Eagle Surface Mine, McDowell County, West Virginia
- Cultural Historic Survey for the Proposed Pioneer’s Trail Wind Farm in Ford and Iroquois Counties, Illinois
- Determination of Effect Report for the Proposed Consolidation Coal Company Cunningham Hollow IBR 6 Project, Union District, Marshall County, West Virginia
- FCC Form 621 Submission Packet for the Proposed University Hospital Cellular Collocation in Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Historic Buildings Condition Assessment Report for Seven Buildings Located at the Cradle of Forestry in America, Pisgah National Forest
- Historic Property Report and Section 106 Services for the Proposed U.S. 231 Intersection Improvements in Martin County, Indiana (INDOT Des. No. 0015100)
- Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Certification For The Lewis Wolfe Building Georgetown, Kentucky
- Historic Resource Study on National Cemetery Administration Confederate Cemeteries
- Lower Howard’s Creek Corridor Management Plan, Clark County, Kentucky
- National Register Nomination for the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky
- Multiple Property Submission and Individual Nominations to the National Register of Historic Places for Second Generation National Veterans Hospitals
- Phase I Archaeology and History/Architecture Survey for the Wooster Pike (U.S. 50) Revitalization, Village of Fairfax, Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio (PID 85375 HAM 50-29.75)
- Phase I Architectural Survey for Route 609 Widening in Accomack County, Virginia (VDOT Project No. 0609-001-215, M501; 0609-274-215, M502; PPMS/UPC/CSC NO: 8300 & 9301; VDHR File No. 2003-0872)
- State Level Recordation and Interpretive Signage Plan for the Paris Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Bourbon County, Kentucky