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 staff meet the Secretary of the Interior's professional qualification standards for architectural history and history. They have particular knowledge and expertise in Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, the Federal Communication Commission's National Programmatic Agreement, and the evaluation and documentation standards of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Areas of Expertise
- Scoping
- NEPA, EA, EIS
- Section 106 consulting parties coordination
- Native American consultation
- Inventory survey
- National Register evaluation
- Mitigation
- Determination of Area of Potential Effect (APE)
- Historical research/literature review
- Historic context statements
- Architectural surveys (reconnaissance and intensive level)
- Determinations of eligibility
- Determinations of effect
- Preparation of Memorandum of Agreements (MOA)
- Creative mitigation
- National Register of Historic Places nominations
- HABS/HAER/HALS documentation
- Historic Structures Reports (HSR)
- Historic rehabilitation tax credit applications
- Historic paint analysis
- Interpretive signage
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
- A Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Barkley Regional Airport Expansion in Paducah, Mccracken County, Kentucky
- Cultural Resource Survey for the Wolf Run Deep Mine in Meigs County, Ohio
- Creative Mitigation: A Historic Preservation Lesson Plan For Fourth Grade Students
- FCC Form 620 Submission Packet for the Proposed 250’ Bristol Radio Tower in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
- 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 Rehabilitation Tax Credit Certification For The Lewis Wolfe Building Georgetown, Kentucky
- Multiple Property Submission and Individual Nominations to the National Register of Historic Places for Second Generation National Veterans Hospitals and Historic Resource Study on NCA Confederate Cemeteries and Related Sites
- National Register Nomination for the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky