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Preservation Brief 32: Making Historic Properties Accessible
Historical Significance of the Property This accessibility ramp is compatible with the historic building in scale and materials. Photo: William Smith. If the property...
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/briefs/brief32.htm
Standards for Preservation and Guidelines for Preserving Historic ...
damage character-defining features in the process of preservation work. Identifying the historic building's character-defining spaces, features, and finishes so that...
http://www.cr.nps.gov/...dguide/preserve/preserve_access.htm
ADA Accessibility Guidelines
Historic Preservation. (1)* Applicability: (a) General Rule. Alterations to a qualified historic building or facility shall comply with 4.1.6 (Accessible Buildings:...
http://www.adaportal.org/...Scoping/ADAAG_4-1-7_Scoping.html
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regarding the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to alterations to historic buildings owned by State or local governments. The ADA authorizes...
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/foia/tal588.txt
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of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the context of the preservation of historic buildings. The ADA authorizes the Department of Justice to provide technical...
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/foia/tal547.txt
TAM III 7-8000_ADAAG
(ADAAG ?4.1.7) This section contains requirements for alterations to qualified historic buildings and facilities (see III-6.4000). III-7.8200 Restaurants and cafeterias...
http://www.adaportal.org/...AM_III/Chapter_7/III-7-8000.html
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modifications when full compliance would threaten or destroy the historic value of a historic building), and WAC S 51- 20-3112(a)(2) (allowing a 20% cost limit on...
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/foia/tal529.txt
Facility Access Interpretation
Historic Preservation Alterations to historic properties Preservation of historic buildings Allowing modifications when full compliance would threaten or destroy...
http://www.adaportal.org/...y_Access_Interpretation_TOC.html
TAM II 6-5000_New_Construction
State or local law. What are the alternative requirements? The alternative requirements for historic buildings or facilities provide a minimal level of access. For...
http://www.adaportal.org/...II/Chapter_6/Section_6_5000.html
Summers County, West Virginia takes steps to make county programs ...
unsolvable dilemma. Lonnie Mullins, Summers County Commissioner, said the challenge of making historic buildings accessible, coupled with the lack of available funding,...
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/sumstor.htm