IDENTIFYING ARCHITECTURAL STYLES:
- A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture by Virginia Savage McAlester
- Cape Cod, Georgian, Federalist, Greek Revival, Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, Stick, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Tudor, and Craftsman architectural styles by Joffre Essley
- The Abrams Guide to American House Styles by William Morgan
- What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture by John C. Poppeliers, Nancy B. Schwartz (Contributor), S. Allen Chambers (Contributor)
- American House Styles: A Concise Guide by John Milnes Baker
- The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture by Jeffery Howe
- A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture by Carole Rifkind
- Native American Architecture by Peter Nabokov
- Architectural Style Guide (Historic New England)
- Illustrated Architectural Dictionary
- Comparison of American Architectural Styles 1790-1960, (Buffalo, NY)
- Identifying American Architecture, Blumenson, J. B. (1977),
- The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725, Cummings, Abbott Lowell (1979)
- Get Your House Right – Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid, Cusato, Marianne.
- Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Dow, George Francis
- The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, Downing, A. J.
- The Penguin dictionary of architecture, Fleming, John, 1919-
- A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture (KNOPF)
- Andover’s Architectural Styles
- Time and Place in Bennington: A Handbook for the Central Bennington Historic District
- An Ipswich architectural timeline (Gordon Harris)
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY:
- Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practices (2nd Edition) by Norman Tyler
- Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America by William J. Murtagh
- The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation by Steven Semes
- The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation by William Edgar Schmickle
- Historic Preservation for a Living City: Historic Charleston Foundation, 1947-1997 (Historic Charleston Foundation) by Robert R. Weyeneth
- Federal Historic Preservation Laws: The Official Compilation of U. S. Cultural Heritage Statutes by National Conference Of State Historic Preservation Offices
- Historic Preservation: Project Planning & Estimating by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
- The Salem Handbook. Historic Salem Inc. (1977)
- Architectural Glossary
PRESERVATION:
- Guidelines for Preservation of Historic Landscapes, Streetscapes and the Built Environment in America’s Most Historic Small Town, Ipswich Historical Commission, adopted March 13, 2023
- Historic Tax Credits, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Ipswich Architectural Preservation District bylaw.
- Ipswich Architectural Preservation District guidelines
- Preservation Agreements, Ipswich Historical Commission
- Something to Preserve, Ipswich Historical Commission (1975),
- Preservation Easements, Historic New England
- Painting your historic house, a guide to colors and color schemes, Fiske, John
The Secretary of the Interior Preservation Service develops historic preservation standards and guidance on preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings administers the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating historic buildings, and sets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
- Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- Preservation Standards: Preservation as a Treatment
- The Secretary of the Interior’s Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- Preservation Briefs #36: Protecting cultural landscapes
- Developing a Strategy and Seeking Assistance
- Preservation Planning for Cultural Landscapes
- Historic Preservation Approach and Treatment Plan
- Preservation Maintenance Plan and Implementation Strategy
- Recording Work and Future Research Recommendations
- Summary and References
- Reading List
- Download the PDF
- View all Preservation Briefs
- Secretary of the Interior’s Preservation Standards
- Preservation Briefs: information on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings
- Preservation Brief #4: Roofing for Historic Buildings
- Preservation Brief #9: The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows
- Time and Place (Bennington VT)
- Falmouth Historic Districts Design Review Guidelines, Falmouth Historic Districts Commission
- Common Mistakes in Preserving Historic Homes, and How to Avoid Them, Phillips, Morgan W.
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