What exactly does "Historic Preservation" mean anyway?

Stated simply it is having the good sense to keep something - an older building, neighborhood or landscape - because it is important to us as individuals and as a society as a whole.

Some older buildings are important because they are wonderful to look at, they are "a gift to the street" whose styles, textures materials, charm and perhaps eccentricity enrich and enliven their surroundings. These buildings are worth saving because our communities would be less interesting, less attractive, without them.

Others are worth saving because there is plenty of life left in them. Adaptive re-use are innovative examples of life breathed into old buildings that can be seen every where: train depots reborn as restaurants; mills converted into shopping centers; derelict industrial space converted to artist space and so on. We think of it as ULTIMATE RECYCLING.

Finally, some places are worth preserving because they link us with our past and remind us of the struggles, triumphs and the everyday details of those who went before us. By protecting our past, we are helped to remember how we came to be where we are and what we ought to do now. Preservation cares about giving future generations the same opportunities to enjoy beautiful buildings, interesting landscapes and structural icons that we have today.

Re-building green is an innovative approach to traditional historic preservation. We provide
- Resources for local, state and national register status
- Resources for consultants for tax credits and incentives, architects,
- Marketing through statewide and national historic preservation organizations
- Referrals to skilled craftspeople
- Melding historic restoration with emerging technologies

Case studies coming soon.

See the list of historic preservation resources provided by Greening Properties.

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