Scenarios and Guidance

1. Understand your resources:

• Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
• Become familiar with Preservation Briefs from the National Park Service.
• Read about designing New Additions to Historic buildings.
• Understand guidance on Substitute Materials in Historic Buildings.
• Find guidance in Practice Points from APTI.
• Refer to the Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings from the NPS.

2. Work with the CT SHPO to gather information about projects and their qualified professionals list.

3. Support and be listed in the PCT Preservation Directory. Business members get complimentary listing!

4. Connect with a PCT Circuit Rider to discuss potential projects.

1. Check ConnCRIS for the property’s designation status.

2. Funding Opportunities through the CT SHPO

3. Historic Preservation Tax Incentives (U.S. National Park Service)

4. Reach out to Connecticut Main Street. to discuss their programs. You can also find out if the local government has a Storefront Improvement Program

1. Use ConnCRIS to determine if the property is on the State or National Register of Historic Places or if it’s in a Local Historic District, or has been in an architectural survey in the past. If it is locally-designated, you may need a Certificate of Appropriateness.

2. Gather resources:

• the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
• Become familiar with Preservation Briefs from the National Park Service.
• Read about designing New Additions to Historic Buildings.
• Understand guidance on Substitute Materials in Historic Buildings.
• Find guidance in Practice Points from APTI.

1. Contact the SHPO to discuss the proposed building relocation and current designation (if applicable).

2. Read an in-depth guide to Moving Historic Buildings.

1. For subsurface resources, reach out to the State Archaeologist in the Office of State Archaeology by email. Include photos.