Historic Preservation Program Courses

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course is intended to familiarize students with the basic techniques used in the recording and evaluation of historic buildings and other cultural features. Emphasis will be on field survey methods, the compilation of inventories, and evaluations of significance and/or integrity. Students will become familiar with State of Hawai‘i's own survey and registration process, with both inventories and methodologies for field surveys of cultural resources in other states and countries, and will also be introduced to the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places Program of the federal government. There will be further introductions to basic architectural and other historic resource descriptive terminology, methods of researching the history and contexts of historic properties, and some training in the preparation of site plans.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:
Students will be required to complete a short preparatory exercise, either involving the compilation of research materials or a brief synopsis of research (approximately 10 pages); and to participate in a relatively extensive field exercise. As a lecture/laboratory (or studio/practicum) course, students will be expected to devote at least 3 hours a week to the field component of the project. There will also be weekly reading assignments and short exercises, several quizzes, as well as a classroom presentations; the grading will be based on the following:

• Attendance and Participation 25%
• Quizzes 25%
• Assignments and Exercises 25%
• Project and Final Presentation 25%

TEXTS AND READINGS:

Required Texts:

John J. G. Blumenson, Identifying American Architecture
Virginia & Lee McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses

National Register Bulletins, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Interior, n.d.:

13: How to Apply the National Register Criteria to Post Offices.
15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation.
16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.
16B: How to Complete the National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form.
18: How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes.
20: Nominating Historic Vessels and Shipwrecks to the National Register of Historic Places. 21: How to Establish Boundaries for National Register Properties.
22: Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties That Have Achieved Significance within the Last Fifty Years.
23: How to Improve Quality of Photos for National Register Nominations.
24: Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning.
29: Guidelines for Restricting Information About Historic and Prehistoric Resources.
30: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes.
32: Guidelines For Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons.
34: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Historic Aids to Navigation.
35: National Register Casebook: Examples of Documentation
36: Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Historical Archaeological Sites and Districts.
38: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties.
39: Researching a Historic Property.
40: Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering America's Historic Battlefields.
41: Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places.
42: Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering Historic Mining Properties.

Supplemental Texts: (OFFICE RESERVE)

Edward D. Beechert, Honolulu: Crossroads of the Pacific
Donald D. Johnson, The City and County of Honolulu: A Governmental Chronicle
Rob Sandler, Architecture in Hawai`i: A Chronological Survey
Emmett Cahill, Yesterday at Kalaupapa: A Sage of Pain and Joy
Gavan Daws, Holy Man: Father Damien of Moloka'i
Frank Ching, Architectural Graphics
William Comstock and Clarence Schermerhorn. Bungalows, Camps and Mountain Houses
Robert T. Jones, ed., Authentic Small Houses of the Twenties
Gustav Stickley, Craftsman Homes
Gustav Stickley, More Craftsman Homes
Marcus Whiffen, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles
National Park Service, CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Vol. 16, Special Issue,
Traditional Cultural Properties, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Interior, 1993.

Additional Readings:

There will be assigned readings from other sources, which will be distributed as copies and/or on reserve in the program office.