Information Related to Responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior Section 3, Executive Order 11593 Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation National Park Service Vol. 2 No.6 DECEMBER 1977 UN N CENTER MAINTENANCE CENTRAL SENIORS
by Robert E. Miller Over 21,000 private foundations in the repair program to help senior citizens re US award grants totalling nearly $2 billion. Historic Preservation Coordinator Michigan History Division tain their own homes was a legitimate ac Anyone wishingto learn where these foun tivity under the provisions of Title III ofthe dations are located, what their grant Older Americans Act of 1965 (Public Law making programs are, or what information A housing rehabilitation program that 89-73; USC 79 Stat 218). They then raised to incl ude in a proposal can refer to various approaches the ideal is one that maintains a 15% match for the basic HEW grant of resources provided by The Foundation the architectural integrity of the houses $49,500 and started fixing houses. The in Center. being repaired, provides employment op itial success of the program earned ita sup A nonprofit, independent organization portunities for senior citizens and training plemental grantof$22,000for FY76. By this headquartered in New York City, The opportunities for young craftsmen, sup time Maintenance Central had attracted Foundation Center collects, analyzes, and plements the activities of various social ser the attention of Detroit's Community and provides public, factual information on vice agencies, and costs 80% less than Economic Development Department philanthropic foundations by: 1) operating other rehab programs. It is also one that (CEDD), which was implementing its own public reference libraries in the New York doesn't exist. Or at least it didn't exist until loan/grant program using community de headquarters and Washington, D.C., and 2 years ago when two women in Detroit velopment block-grant money. The effi at newly established field offices in Cleve founded a nonprofit organization called ciency of the Maintenance Central opera land and San Francisco; 2) cooperatingwith Maintenance Central for Seniors. tion impressed CEDD officials. Maintenance special collections in over 55 libraries and Harriette Hunter had experience both in Central's $800-per-unit average costs com foundation offices in 44 states; 3) conduct restoring old houses and in working with pared favorably with CEDD's own costs of ing the Associates Program, a free service the needs of senior citizens. Linda Mc approximately $4,000 per unit. Mainte for those needing frequent and extensive Creedy, a trained social worker, was fa nance Central applied for and, with strong access to foundation information; and 4) miliar with federal programs for senior cit support from the city council and CEDD, publishing reference sources. izens. They convinced the Detroit-Wayne received a $275,000 grant from the city continued on page 3 County Area Agency on Aging thata home block-grant entitlement. continued on page 2
DIGEST OF CASES VICTORIAN SOCIETY OFFERS 1967-1977 SUMMER SEMINARS IN BRITAIN AND US
Councils First Decade Two 3-week seminars-one in Boston coach, accommodation fees and break and one in London-are being sponsored fasts, and is payable to the Victorian Society The Advisory Council on Historic Pres by the Victorian Society in America, and Summer School in England. The cost will ervation has published a "Digest of Cases will concentrate on the history of Victorian not cover public transportation in London 1967-1977" that reflects the first decade of architecture in the two countries. nor meals other than breakfast. their experiences under Section 106 of the February 1, 1978, is the deadline for re The cost of the seminar in Boston will be National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. ceipt of applications, and those accepted $450 tuition, which is payable to the Vic Most cases have been settled and this ma will be notified in March. Both events are torian Society Summer Seminar. Accom terial provides meaningful insight into the scheduled for July 9-29, 1978. Lectures at modations at the Boston University will principles and concepts that guided the both seminars will be by some of the lead range between $100 and $150, depending Council through its deliberations. ing scholars and experts on the architec upon what you choose, and will include The digest contains a synopsis .of 34 un ture and art, and on the social and religious breakfasts from July 9 to the morning of dertakings, the Council's findings and con , histories. July 29. cI usions, the agency response to the Coun Accommodations in London will be at While the deadline is February 1, there cil's comments,and the present status of the Tennyson Hall, Bedford College, Uni are still a few scholarships available. For the project. Examples of cited cases include versity of London, which is in Regents Park, application forms and information on the Old US Mint in San Francisco, Califor London NW1. This area is close to central scholarships write to the Victorian Society nia, the Old Post Office in St. Louis, Mis London and within walking distance of bus in America, The Athenaeum, East Wash souri, the Charleston Historic District in routes and underground stations. Lost for ington Square, Philadelphia, PA 19106, or Charleston, South Carolina, and the Fa the London seminarwill be $550, which will telephone 215/627-4252. neuil Hall and Quincy Market in Boston, include entrance fees, transportation by -Robert Haynes Massach usetts. The "Digest of Cases 1967-1977,1/ a spe cial issue of Report, vol. 5, no. 6, Septem ber 1977, is available from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1522 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20005. -Betty Berry
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MODEL SURVEY UNDER Office of Parks and Recreation. State sur TWO vey forms were used. Copies of the forms WAY IN WASHINGTON will be retained by the Division for Historic PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE COUNTY Preservation, the planning department, the town clerk, and local historical societies. Technical Preservation Services Division In order to utilize the results of the survey is pleased to announce that Photogram- . Reprinted from Newsletter / Preservation as a planning tool, the planning depart metric Recording of Cultural Resources, by league of New York State (January 1977) ment has developed comprehensive his Perry E. Borchers, and Waf/papers for His torical site maps for each town on which toric Preservation by Catherine Lynn Fran Under the sponsorship of the Washing each site and historic district is located and giamore, are now being distributed to all ton County Planning Board, a coordinated rated according to significance. Executive Order 11593 Federal Represen countywide survey is now in its third year Rather than interview each property tatives and State Historic Preservation Of of operation. The organization and imple owner individually, workshops are held ficers, the National Trust for Historic Pres mentation of the program may well be of which survey volunteers and several older ervation, the American Institute of interest to other planning agencies and to residents from particular neighborhoods Architects State Preservation Coordina preservationists in the state. were invited to attend. Special visits are tors, and all units of the National Park Ser The need for a countywide survey was arranged to the housebound elderly. This vice. Copies are available from the Super recognized by the planning board in 1972, contact with older persons within each intendent of Documents, US Government and work was begun in 1974. The goal of community has proven to be invaluable in Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. the survey was to record all structures over recording the history of a countywhere the Photogrammetry (stock number 024-005- 50 years old. Using HUD Section 701 plan last history was published nearly a century 00684-2) is $1.90 per copy; Waf/papers ning funds, a part-time position of historic ago. (stock number 024-005-00685-1) costs $2.20 preservation coordinator was established In June, 1976, recognizing the tremen per copy. within the planning department. This po dous public interest in the county's heri sition has been an important key to the tage, the county published a book entitled A 25¢ DISCOVERY success of the Washington County survey. An Introduction to Historic Resources in The coordinator has been responsible Washington County which featured the Recently discovered drawings from the for locating interested volunteers in each material that had been collected as part of office of Waddy Butler Wood were dis of the county's 17 towns and for introduc the survey. Local reaction was very enthu played at an exhibition-" A25¢ Discovery: ing them to the concepts of historic pres siastic, and the original printing of 5,000 Architectural Drawing by the Firm of Waddy ervation and to the methodology of the copies was sold out within six months. B. Wood"-held in Washington, DC, atthe survey. The planning department provides The basic survey is now in its third and Woodrow Wilson House between October the volunteer survey teams with maps and final year, although plans call for it to be 1 and October 31,1977. One of the designs film. continually updated. It has proved to be was a perspective view of the 1936 Innau When the survey was begun, each team a constant challenge tofind newvolunteers gural Parade viewing stand in front of the was encouraged to select a survey chair and to maintain the enthusiasm of other White House. Wood's Greek Revival de man who would be responsible for locating volunteers. It has also proved important to sign was apparently developed from an other volunteers. The team chairmen are realize that the survey cannot be hurried other drawing found with it-a 1934 HABS also responsible for local publicity and because the volunteers, while dedicated drawing of the Hermitage, Andrew Jack serve as a critical communications linkwith and perservering, must intersperse their son's home near Nashville, and presently the county. A newsletter, prepared by the research, interviewing and field work into a National Historical Landmark. Wood must coordinator, keeps volunteers and elected their busy daily lives. have obtai ned a copy of the 0 rigi nal HABS officials abreast of new developments. For further information on the program, elevation from the HABS collection in the The methodology for conducting the contact Sally Brillon, Director, Washington Library of Congress. The Woodrow Wilson survey was patterned after recommenda County Department of Information, Tour House, where the exhibit was held, and tions contained in the Historic Resources ism, and Historic Preservation, County the Departmentofthe Interior Building are Survey Manual published by the Division Municipal Building, Fort Edward, N. Y. among some of the other buildings in for Historic Preservation, New York State 12828, 518-747-9690. WashIngton by Waddy Wood.
Maintpnance Central continued from page 1 Bryce Bradford is the third member of thatadrop ceiling be installed to hide dam Special Needs of Elderly the Maintenance Central administrative age to the plaster caused by a roof leak that staff. He visits the client a few days after had just been repaired. Maintenance Cen Because of their experience in working work is complete to check the quality of tral hesitated to install a drop ceiling but with senior citizens, Hunter and McCreedy the work and to ensure that the client is offered to replaster the ceiling. realized that a deteriorating physical en satisfied. Because the emphasis ofthe work The retired carpenters, plumbers, and vironment was only One problem affecting by Maintenance Central is on improving craftsmen who work for Maintenance Cen older, citizens who must live on fixed in the livabilityofthe houses ratherthan plac tral are happy to have jobs again. They are comes. Many older citizens need medical ing them in strict compliance with the city also enthusiastic to instruct thei r younger attention and some need legal assistance. building codes, Bradford also maintains a coworkers in the finer points of their Some, especially during lastwinter, needed working relationship with the city building trades. The standards set by Maintenance financial assistance to pay utility bills and inspectors. Central for Seniors have been proven so to buy food. Thus, when called for home successful thatthe program could serve as repairs, Maintenance Central sends Linda More than a Repair Service a model for other preservation/rehabili McCreedy to determine what other ser tation programs. Maintenance Central has vices the client might need and to assist Perhaps one of the simplest, yet one of attracted interest from preservation groups, them in obtaining those services. the most important, features of the pro neighborhood associations, and social ser . Next, a crew of "home repai r special ists" gram is the insistence of Harriette Hunter vice agencies, as well as aided in devel IS sent to replace the broken window or thatthe original fabric and character ofthe oping a positive attitude toward the pres to. mend the rotting porch stairs as the houses be respected and maintained. For ervation movement in Detroit. By serving client requested. While on the site, the example, when called to fix some porch the needs of the elderly, Harriette Hunter crew forem.an also notes the leaking roof, steps, the repair crew discovered that all and her associates have gained support for the crumb~m~ plaster in the living room, of the latticework under the porch was and the missing hand railing on the back preservation from other groups who have missing. Using materials found on the site, If the client agrees, the crew will their own needs and own interests by all such items. they rebuilt the latticework. On another shOWing them how preservation can affect occasion, a client's daughter requested and improve the lives of the elderly. Foundation Center continued from page 1 foundation name. Distributed by Columbia reports, newsletters, and pertinent .news University Press, 136 South Broadway, clippings and press release~. Ther~ IS also LIBRARIES Irvington, NY 10533. Price is $36 prepaid. reference material on public funding The Foundation Grants Index. sources, grants for individuals, and.the his The center's libraries in New York and Bimonthly. Included as a separate section tory and analysis of philanthropy In gen Washington, D.C., are open to the public of Foundation News. Listings of currently eral. without charge dnd contain virtually all the reported grants of $5,000 or more with public records and printed publications re 'foundation name, state location, recipient field Offices latingto private foundati~ns. The .reference ancl type of project. Recipient and key word collections include multiple copies of the indexes. Periodical published by the Coun The San Francisco Foundation Center center's publications, and current direc 312 Sutter St. cil on Foundations, Inc., Box 783, Old San Francisco, CA 94108 tories on private funding sources and Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10011. An proposal writing. ~he San Fra.nc~sco and nual subscription is $20. The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland field offices have Similar refer The Foundation Grants Index. Ann ual 700 National City Bank Bldg. Cleveland, OH 44114 ence collections and foundation records volume. Lee Noe, grants editor. Compila for their respective regions and states. A tion of bimonthly issues, listingover10,OOO qualified staff is ready to assist visitors. Comsearch Subject Areas grants made by more than 300 large, na tional foundations. Distributed by Colum Communications bia University Press. Price is $16 prepaid. COOPERATING REGIONAL 1. Films, Documentaries, Media, & Audiovisuals Comsearch Printouts. Annual. Compu 2. Television, Radio, & Communications COLLECTIONS ter printouts in 54 subject areas listing 1976 3. Journalism & Publishing grants as described above. Available from Found in over 55 public, academic, and Education The Foundation Center, 888 Seventh Av foundation libraries in 44 states, these free, 16. Public Primary & Secondary ~ducation . enue, New York, NY 10019. Price: mic 17. Independent Primary & Secondary ~ducatlon public collections contain foundation. rec rofiche, $3 per subject prepaid; paper 18. Higher Education-Buildings & EqUipment ords for their immediate state or region as 19. Higher Education-General Support printout, $11 per subject prepaid. well as all the center's publications. De 20. Higher Education-Special Projects The Foundation Center National Data 21. Higher Education-Scholars~ips pending on the resources of the individual Book. September 1977. Annual listing of 22. Higher Education-Fellowships, Loans, & Other Stu library, other funding references recom dent Aid morethan 21,000 private foundations in the mended by the center are available. Staff of 23. Libraries US. Brief profiles include name, address, the host library will help visitors. 24. Educational Research, Administration, & Personnel principal officer, assets, amount of grants Development . made and gifts received in the most recent 25. Vocational Counseling, Career & Adult Education year of record. Volume one is arranged ASSOCIATES PROGRAM Health alphabetically; volume two is arranged by 31. Medical Education states according to amounts of annual 32. Medical Research Organizations or individuals needing di 33. Dentistry, Nursing, & Public Health grants awarded. Quick reference useful for 34. Hospitals-Buildings & Equipment rect and frequent access to foundation in identifying foundations of a particular size formation may subscribe to The Founda 35. Hospitals-Programs . or in a particular geographic area. Available 36. Medical Care, Rehabilitation, Alcoholism, & Drug tion Center's Associates Program. For an from The Foundation Center for $40 per Abuse 37. Mental Health annual fee associates receive reference two-volume set. service by toll-free telephone or by mail, The Foundation Center Source Book Pro Humanities and weekly taped bulletins of curre~t in files. Annual looseleaf subscription ser 46. Art & Architecture formation. They may order atcostcoples o! 47. Dance, Theater, & Performing Arts vice. September 1977. In-depth analytical foundation information returns, or compI 48. Music profiles of more than 500 of th~ largest 49. Museums lations of research by library staff, and may foundations with national or regional prog 50. Historical Projects request custom searches for information in rams. Includes detailed factual breakdown the center's three computer data banks. Population Groups of awards by each foundation in subject 61. The Aged area, grant type, and recipient type. In ad 62. The Handicapped dition, descriptions include full addresses, 63. Women PUBLICATIONS 64. Minorities-General telephone numbers when available, name 65. Blacks of contact person, complete lists of officers 66. Native Americans, Hispanics, & Orientals The publications of The Foundation and pertinent staff, full fiscal analysis, sam Center are designed to help fund seekers Physical Life Sciences ple grants, and application procedures. & 76. Agriculture, Biology, & Nutrition identify sources of supporLTo facili~ate. re Cumulative subject index and updates on search that would directly address indi 77. Chemistry, Physics, & Mathematics changes in address, personnel, or policy. 78. Environmental Programs, Marine & Earth Sciences vidual needs and present the fullest possi Order from The Foundation Center. An 79. Computer Technology & Engineering ble range of funding, publications vary in nual subscription is $150. Social Sciences the type, organization, indexes, and . About Foundations: How to Find the amountofdata presented. The Foundation 86. Economics & Business Facts You need to Get a Grant. Judith B. 87. Government & Political Science Directory, now available in edition 6 (1977), Margolin. 1977 rev. ed. Step-by-step guide 88. Legal Programs & Law Schools is the best-known standard reference work 89. Psychology & Sociology to researching foundations. Available from in the field and can be found in many public· The Foundation Center for $3 prepaid. Welfare libraries. The directory and other useful What Makes a Good Proposal? F. Lee 91. Public Interest, Citizen Participation, & Consumerism guides, some newly issued in keeping~ith 92. Community Development, Housing, & Transportation Jacquette and Barbara L. Jacquette. What the center's ongoing program to proVide 93. Community Funds Will a Foundation Look for When You Sub 94. Crime & Delinquency current, factual information in a readily us mit a Grant Proposal? Robert A. Mayer. 95. Social Agencies able format, are described below. 96. Family Services & Population Studies Helpful brochures written by foundati~n The Foundation Directory, Edition 6. 97. Child Welfare personnel. Available from The Foundatl~n Marianna O. Lewis, ed. September 1977. 98. Young Men's & Women's Associations Center. Upto five copies free of charge. SIX 99. Boy(s) & Girl(s) Scouts & Clubs General profiles of the 2,818 lar~~st US or more are $.10 each plus $1 postage and 100. Youth Programs foundations with assets of $1 million or 101. Animal Welfare handling. more and lor annual giving of $100,000 or Philanthropy in the United States: History Other more: Organized alphabetic~lIy by state, and Structure. F. Emerson Andrews. Avail 105. International Grants-Domestic Recipients each entry includes foundation p.urpose able from The Foundation Center. Up to 106. International G rantS-Foreign Recipients and activities, contact person, officers and 107. Religious Programs five copies free of charge. Six or more are 108. Matching & Challenge Grants directors, financial data, application pro $.50 each plus $1 for postage and handling. cedures, and telephone numbers w,hen av continued on page 4 In addition to these publications, the lib ailable. Indexes include: geographiC, sub raries have copies of foundations' annual ject, donors, trustees, administrators, and
3 Foundation Center continued from page Mississippi "> Hawaii Thomas Hale Hamilton Library Jackson Metropolitan Library National Collections Human ities and Social Sciences Division 301 N. State St. 2550 The Mall Jackson 39201 The Foundation Center Honolulu 96822 Missouri 888 7th Ave. Kansas City Public Library New York, NY 10019 Idaho Caldwell Public Library 311 E. 12th st. The Foundation Center 1010 Dearborn st. Kansas City 64106 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW Caldwell 83605 (also covers Kansas) Washington, DC 20036 The Danforth Foundation Library Donors Forum of Chicago Illinois 222 S. Central Ave. 208 S. LaSalle st. Sangamon State University Library St. Louis 63105 Chicago, IL 60604 Shepherd Rd. Springfield 62708 Montana Eastern Montana College Library Indiana Regional Collections Reference Dept. Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Billings 59101 40 E. St. Clair st. Alabama Indianapolis 46204 Birmingham Public Library Nebraska W. Dale Clark Library 2020 7th Ave., North Iowa Birmingham 35203 Des Moines Public Library Social Sciences Dept. 215 S. 15th st. 100 Locust St. Omaha 68102 Arizona Des Mo ines 50309 Tucson Public Library 200 S. 6th Ave. Kansas New Hampshire Tucson 85701 Topeka Public Library The New Hampshire Charitable Fund Adult Services Dept. 1 South st. Arkansas 1515 W. 10th st. Concord 03301 Little Rock Public Library Topeka 66604 Reference Dept. New Jersey 700 Louisiana St. Kentucky New Jersey State Library Little Rock 72201 Louisville Free Public Library Reference Section 4th and York Sts. 185 W. State St. California Louisville 40203 Trenton 08625 University Research Library Reference Dept. Louisiana New Mexico University of California New Orleans Public Library New Mexico State Library Los Angeles 90024 Business and Science Division 300 Don Gaspar St. San Diego Public Library 219 Loyola Ave. Sante Fe 87501 820 E St. New Orleans 70140 San Diego 92101 New York Maine New York State Library San Francisco Public Library University of Maine at Portland-Gorham State Education Dept. Business Branch Center for Research and Advanced Study Ed ucation Building S30 Kearny St. 246 Deering Ave. Albany 12224 San Francisco 94108 Portland 04102 (also covers Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) Maryland Lafayette Sq. Enoch Pratt Free Library Buffalo 14203 Colorado Social Science and History Dept. Levittown Public Library Denver Public Library 400 Cathedral st. Reference Dept. Sociology Division Baltimore 21201 1 Bluegrass Lane 13S7 Broadway Levittown 11756 Denver 80203 Massachusetts Ass~ciated Foundation of Greater Boston Rochester Public Library Business and Social Sciences Division Connecticut 294 Washington St., #501 115 South Ave. Hartford Public Library Boston 02108 Rochester 14604 Reference Dept. Boston Public Library 500 Main St. Copley Sq. North Carolina Hartford 06103 Boston 02117 William R. Perkins Library Duke Ijniversity Florida Michigan Durham 27706 Jacksonville Public Library Henry Ford Centennial Library Business, Science, and Industry Dept. 15301 Michigan Ave. Ohio 122 N. Ocean St. Dearborn 48126 The Cleveland Foundation Library Jacksonville 32202 Purdy Library 700 National City Bank Bldg. Miami-Dade Public Library Wayne State University Cleveland 44114 Florida Collection Detro it 48202 One Biscayne Blvd. Grand Rapids Public Library Oklahoma Miami 33132 Sociology and Education Dept. Oklahoma City Community Foundation Library Plaza 1300 N. Broadway Georgia Grand Rapids 49502 Oklahoma City 73103 Atlanta Public Library Tulsa City-County Library System 126 Carnegie Way, NW Minnesota 400 Civic Center Atlanta 30303 Minneapolis Public Library Tulsa 74103 (also covers Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Sociology Dept. Tennessee) 300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis 55401 (also covers North and South Dakota)
Suggested Reading: Securing GrantSupport: Effective Planning Grants: How to Find Out About Them and Foundation Funding for Historic Preser and Preparation. William T. Alderson, Jr. What to Do Next. Virginia P. White. New vation. Marian G. Phillips. Technical Series Technical leaflet 62. Nashville: American York: Plenum Press, 1975. XIV, 354 pp. No.3. Albany, N.Y.: Preservation League Association of State and Local History, Available from Plenum Press, 227 W. 17th of New York State, 1977. 4 pp. Available 1972. 12 pp. illus. Available from AASLH, St., New York, NY 10011. $19.50. from PLNYS, 13 Northern Boulevard, Al 1400 Eighth Ave., South, Nashville, TN The Grantsmanship Center News. Period bany, NY 12210. $1.75 postpaid. 37203. $.50 postpaid. ical published by the Grantsmanship Cen ter, 1015 West Olympic Boulevard, ~os.An The Bread Game: The Realities of Foun The Art of Winning Foundation Grants. geles, CA 90015. $15 annual subscription. dation Fund Raising. Regional Young Adult Howard Hillman and Karin Ararbanel. New P.r0ject (and) Pacific Change. San Fran York: Vanguard Press, 1975. 188 pp. hard User's Guide to Funding Sources. Human CISC?: Glide Publications, 1973. 88 pp. bound. Available from the Preservation Resources Network, 1975. V, 231 pp. Avail AvaIlable from Glide Publications 330 Ellis Bookshop, 740-748 Jackson Place, NW, able from the Chilton Book Company, San Francisco, CA 94102. $1.95 postpaid. Washington, DC 20006. $7.95. Chilton Way, Radnor, PA 19089. $42. Oregon Youth Community Conservation and Im Library Association of Portland provement Program was establ ished by the Education and Psychology Dept. 801 S.W. 10th Ave. Youth Employment and Demonstration Portland 97205 Projects Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-93). This pro gram is administered by the Department Pennsylvania of Labor through CETA prime sponsors. It The Free Library of Philadelphia by Donna Williams, provides funds for communities to hire Logan Sq. Program Assistant, Philadelphia 19103 young people to undertake labor intensive (also covers Delaware) National Register projects that the community would not Hillman Library otherwise be able to do, such as rehabili University of Pittsburgh Since "Sou rces of Preservation Fundi ng" tation of public facilities, neighborhood Pittsburgh 15213 appeared in the February 1977 issue of improvement, weatherization and repair Rhode Island 11593, a number of new programs useful of low-income housing and others. Some Providence Public Library to preservationists and several additional funds may be used for materials and sup Reference Dept. existing programs that provide funding or 150 Empire St. plies. $115 million has been appropriated Providence 02903 indirect assistance for preservation have for the program for FY 1978; $86 million of come to the attention of the National Reg it will be available to local community South Carolina ister. Asummary of these programs follows: South Carolina State Library prime sponsors and the remainder will go Reader Services Dept. to Native American prime sponsors and 1500 Senate SI. EDA Redevelopment Area loan Program discretionary projects. An additional ap Columbia 29211 is a new program authorized by Section 204 propriation of $500 million for the program of the Public Works and Economic Devel Tennessee is expected to be provided for 1978. Final Memphis Public Library opment Act of 1965, as amended. An ap regulations for the program were pub 1850 Peabody Ave. propriation of $15 million has been made lished in the Federal Register on September Memphis 38104 for FY 1978. Guidelines and regulations are 16, 1977. being developed by EDA that are expected Texas The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to be finalized by the end of October 1977. Multipurpose Senior Centers. Under the The University of Texas The funds will be distributed to cities for Department of Health, Education and Wel Austin 78712 reinvestment to promote economic devel fare's Administration on Aging, grants are Dallas Public Library opment. Because of the small amount of available to pay for up to 75% of the cost History and Social Sciences Division money available for FY 78 and the large 1954 Commerce St. of acquiring, altering, or renovating exist Dallas 75201 amount of money required to have an im ing facilities to serve as mUltipurpose se (also covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and pact on the economic health of an urban nior centers. Such centers are community Oklahoma) area, the funding will probably go to only facilities that provide a broad range of ser Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation a small number of cities in FY 78. For more vices, including health, educational and 201 N. St. Mary's SI. information, write the Economic Devel San Antonio 78205 social services and recreational facil ities fo r opment Administration, Department of older persons. Grants are available to state Utah Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. agencies on aging up to the state's total Salt Lake City Public Library Information and Adult Services allocation underthe program. If state agen 209 E. 5th St. Urban Development Action Grants. HUD cies do not apply, they will designate Salt Lake City 84111 is now developing regulations for this new amounts within their allocation to be re program that was established by the Hous served for each planning and service area Vermont ing and Community Development Act of State of Vermont Dept. of Libraries in the state, and eligible agencies or or Reference Services Unit 1977, which was enacted on October 12, ganizations within the state will be allowed 111 State SI. 1977 (P.L. 95-128). Grants will go to severely to submit applications for grants through Montpelier 05602 distressed cities and urban counties to al their area and state agencies. $40 million Virginia leviate physical and economic deteriora will be available for grants under this pro Richmond Public Library tion. Funds are to stimulate increased in gram in FY 1978. For more information, Business, Science, and Technology Dept. vestment, so firm commitments of private write the Office of State and Comm unity 101 E. Franklin SI. and other public funds will be expected Richmond 23219 Programs, Administration on Aging, De from applicants. Commercial, residential partment of Health, Education and Wel Washington and industrial projects will be funded. Proj fare, Washington, DC 20201. Seattle Public Library ects involving preservation will be eligible; 1000 4th Ave. Seattle 98104 however, projects must be broadly con Conversion of Abandoned Railroad Rights ceived and intended to provide economic of-Way. Section 809(b) of the Railroad Re West Virginia stimulus or physical improvements in eli vitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of Kanawha County Public Library gible areas. $400 million has been appro 123 Capitol SI. 1976 directs the Secretary of the Interior, Charleston 25301 priated for this program in FY 1978. For after consultation with the Secretary of more information, write the appropriate Transportation, to provide financial, edu Wisconsin HUD area office. Marquette University MelT)orial Library cational, and technical assistance to local, 1415 W. Wisconsin Ave. state and federal governments for projects Milwaukee 53233 College Housing Program. HUD is reacti involving the conversion of abandoned rail (also covers Illinois) vating a program that provides direct, 3% rights-of-way. The Bureau of Outdoor Rec interest loans to public or nonprofit edu Wyoming " reation is administering the program and Laramie County Community College Library cational institutions to assist in providing published interim regulations for the grant 1400 E. College Dr. housing and related dining facilities for program in the October 11, 1977, Federal Cheyenne 82001 students and faculty members. Funds may Register. Grants can provide up to 90% of Puerto Rico be used for purchase, rehabilitation and project costs. A $5 million appropriation Consumer Education and Service Center reuse of facilities. Maximum term is 40 for FY1978wililimitthe program to a small Depl. of Consumer Affairs years. New regulations for the FY 1978 pro~ number of demonstration projects involv Minillas Central Government Building North gram have not been made available. Ap Santurce 00908 ing acquisition and development of rights (covers selected foundations) proximately $109 million is expected to be of-way for conservation and recreation available for loans in FY 1978. HUD's area purposes this fiscal year. Eligible activities Mexico offices are keeping a list of people inter Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin are broadly defined in the regulations, and Londres 16 ested in receiving information on this pro acquisition and reuse of rail road facilities, Mexico City 6, D.F. gram when it becomes available. continued on page 6 (covers selected foundations)
5 Pi reading list, and preservation publications. The grants are available for a number of The Trust also conducts publications work publishing services such as research, writ shops and conferences, provides infor ing, editing, graphic design, typesetting, mation on non-Trust courses in publishing, printing, and distribution. Applicants must The Preservation Press of the National and maintains a publications reference li be nonprofit members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, created in brary and bibliography. Trust and must match the grants with local May 1975 from the former publications de Although editorial and related design funds; usually the grants are limited to a partment of the National Trust for Historic and printing services are offered by the maximum of $1,000. The next publications Preservation, is an educational, nonprofit Press, such assistance generally requires grants review period ends January 15,1978. program designed to increase understand subsidization or other support from the Other award programs of the Trust also ing of historic preservation through pub requestor. Rather than publish or reprint provide incentives for preservation publi lications. The Press provides a wide range works single-handedly on a profit-making cations. The Historic Preservation Writing of advisory and editorial services in addi basis, the Press prefers to jointly publish Award for Students, open to fulltime col tion to publishing regular and special pub special publications with preservationists lege students aged 17-25, is offered for an licationsforthe Trust, includingthe monthly or educational and trade publishers. Ex unpublished article (maximum 2,500 words) newspaper Preservation News and quar amples of the potential cooperative agree on historic preservation and its meaning terly magazine Historic Preservation. ments that can be made are: 1) the Press for today; the National Trust Youth Awards, Advisory services on publishing infor may assume editorial and financial respon open to youth groups of 18 years and un mation are available without charge through sibilities, while the research and writing der, are offered for projects including the correspondence, telephone contacts, and may be donated or contracted from a co production and distribution of preserva visits to the Press. The services include sug operating preservationist, 2) the Press may tion publications; and the Annual National gestions for developing a publications pro provide editing and production, with full Trust Awards are offered for outstanding gram; review of manuscripts and outlines subsidy, on behalf of another group, or 3) achievement in support of historic pres of proposed publications and recommen the Press may seek a trade or other pub ervation, including the communications dations on publication potential, content lisher who would cosponsor the publica media. development, and publishers; aid in se tion in conjunction with the project initi In developing its own publications prior lecting researchers, writers, designers, and ator if desired. ities the Press determines whether or not printers; suggestions on promoting and a publication has strong preservation con distributing publications; and critiques of Publications Grants Program Initiated tent, wide applicability to preservation and completed publications. the general public, and a capacity to pro A letter or telephone inquiry should be Preservation Press recently initiated a mote a better understanding of preserva made before any materials are sent to the Publications Grants Program, which is one tion, and whether or not there is a need Press for review. Book manuscripts, es of few grants programs designed exclu for the publication. In requests for sub pecially, should be preceded by an outline sively to fund publications. The first pub stantial aid, the potential recipients' need or description and, when sent, should be lications grants were awarded to 21 pres for assistance and ability to carry out the accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped ervation organizations and agencies project, as well as Trust membership, may return envelope. throughout the country in October. A va be taken into consideration. An educational service available from the riety of publications will be funded, in For additional information on any of the Press is the Preservation Press Publications cluding a downtown walking tour bro services of the Preservation Press, or for Kit ($4.00 postpaid). It contains practical chure, a calendar, a plan for preserving a publications grants application forms, write information on publishing, covering re historic rural town and its environment, a to the Preservation Press, National Trust for search, editorial styles, budget, working gUide for restoring masonry buildings, ed Historic Preservation, 740-748Jackson Place, with designers and publishers, printing ucational posters, public awareness pam NW., Washington, DC 20006. trade customs, photographs, copyright, phlets, and brochures for subscription to paper samples, typefaces, a publishing a landmark concert series. -Sally Marusin
Funding Sources continued from page 5 such as stations, may be allowed as part of write the Federal Energy Administration, public or private educational organiza a larger project for conversion of rights-of Washington, DC 20461. tions, museums, libraries and public agen cies established for a public purpose such way for recreation or conservation pur Federal Assistance Program Retrieval Sys poses. For more information call the Bu as conservation, economic development, tem (FAPRS) is a computer system that was reau of Outdoor Recreation (202) 343-7801, or parks and recreation, will be eligible to developed by the Department of Agricul or write BOR, Department of the Interior, obtain federal surplus personal-rroperty ture's Rural Development Service in co Washington, DC 20240. through the General Services Administra operation with commercial time sharing tion. A wide assortment of property, from companies to identify available federal pots and pans to office equipment, that is Weatherization Assistance for low-Income funding programs that will meet an indi This program was authorized by no longer required by federal agencies is Persons. vidual rural community's needs. It can be Title IV of the Energy Conservation and available. This property may be useful in used by larger communities as well. Most Production Act of 1976 and is administered administering a preservation office. Distri funding programs, as listed in the Catalog by the Federal Energy Administration (FEA). bution will be handled by the state agency of Federi3.1 Domestic Assistance, are in Federal funds are apportioned to the states for surplus property (or Office of Federal cluded in the computer program. It is avail based on a formula that considers the cli Property Assistance). Eligible organizations able through the time sharing companies mate and number of low-income dwellings can write the state agency directly, inspect and the US Department of Agriculture Ex in each state. States will allocate theirfunds warehouses and lists of available personal tension Service or the state government. to community action agencies (established property in their area, or make other spe The program is not available directly under the Economic Opportunity Act of cific requests with which the agency will through the Rural Development Service. 1964) or other qualified entities to provide attempt to comply. Methods of establish State agencies and the extension services weatherization assistance to low-income ing charges for services performed by state may charge a small fee for the use of the p.ersons. If states do not apply, local agen agencies are currently being reviewed; system. To find out where the system is Cies. may apply' di rectly to FEA. Final reg they are expected to fall within a range of available in your state, write or call the ulations were published in the Federal 1-10% of original acquisition costs to cover Rural Development Service, Department Regist.er.on June 1, 1977. The FY 1978 ap care and handling. A listing of the proper of Agriculture, 14th Street and Indepen propriation 15$27.5 million. Underthis pro state agency to write can be obtained by dence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250; gram, up to $400 can be used for the pur requesting a "Surplus Property Donation (202) 447-1296. chase ot weatherization materials fot dny Brochure" from the Office of Personal one dwelling unit; FEA funds can not be federal Personal Property Disposal. As of Property Disposal, GSA-FSS-FWUD, Wash used forlaborcosts. For more information, October 17, 1977, nonprofit, tax exempt ington, DC 20406.
GPO 924-009 sponsible must consult with HABS to de termine the extent and nature of the DOCUMENTATION recording required. This determination mayvaryfrom no required documentation, or limited recording, consisting of archi by Kenneth L. Anderson tectural photography, freehand sketches Principal Architect, HABS of the floor plans noting overall dimen sions and written historical and architec tural data; to comprehensive coverage, in cluding measured drawings (title sheet, Six years have passed since the signing site plans, floor plans, cross sections, el of Executive Order 11593, Protection and evations, and architectural details), pho Enhancement of the Cultural Environment, tographic documentation, and written his and only now is the full impact of this order torical and architectural data. on the federal government and the pres When this required material is submitted ervation field being realized. From 1972 to to HABS, it is re.viewed by the architectural 1974, HABS averaged only two orthree fed and editorial staff to assure conformance eral executive order requests for advice to the standards set forth in the Survey's and technical assistance each year. This "Standards for Archival Documentation" year alone, HABS has contributed over and the HABS recording manual, Record 8,000 hours of staff time consulting, re ing Historic Buildings by Harley J. McKee. viewing, editing, and drafting, on over 50 If the documentation is accepted and ap executive order projects. These projects proved by HABS, the federal agencies' doc range from the recording of the old town umentation responsibilities are com of Niobrara, NE (US Army Corps of Engi pleted.lfthe submittal is rejected, however, neers, Omaha District) to the documen the deficiencies noted by HABS must be tation of the B & 0 Railroad Station and corrected before the records can be ap Freight House, Rockville, MD (Washington proved and transmitted to the Library of Metropolitan Area Transit Authority). Congress. Until all documentation require The Survey's responsibility under Exec ments of section 2(c) are completed, the utive Order 11593, section 2(c), is to pro federal orfederally assisted action affecting vide advice and technical assistance to fed the property in question cannot proceed. eral agencies, to assure that all Since HABS works so closely with the agen Photo: E. Boucher, HABS documentation developed under the re cies in the development of executive order gust. The masonry Passenger Station and quirements of the executive order meets recordings, projects are rarely rejected. Freight House were built according to the recording standards of HABS. When a Further information about the documen standard designs of the B & 0 Railroad and property listed, or eligible for listing, in the tation responsibilities of federal agencies are similar to other structures built along National Register is affected by govern will be forthcoming in future issues of the metropolitan line. The present Station ment involvement the federal a enc re- 11593. house, built in the Ruskinian Gothic style, Drawn by: Ken Payson and Jonathan Fine, HABS is of pressed red brick, with a multicolored slate roof and wooden trim painted in cream and brown. The building served as a passenger station and as the living quarters for the stationmaster. The Freight House is of matching brick with a plain slate roof and eyebrow dormer-vents. Atthe heightofthe Depotfs activity, these two remaining struc tures were complemented by a cross-track passenger shelter, a2-story signal house, a tool shed, and a passenger and baggage B & 0 Railroad Station and Freight House, Rockville, MD (Northeast track elevation). platform. Located on the metropolitan line of the vided connection between Washington, In 1977, as a result of the Depot's position Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Pas DC, and Point of Rocks, MD, where it in the right-of-way of the Washington Met senger Depot and Freight House in merged with the B & O's main line from ropolitan Area Transit Authority's mass Rockville, MD, have served the area's Baltimore. transit line, the buildings were awaiting transportation needs continuously since Construction of the Depot facilities dismantling operations and subsequent re first opening in the mid-1870s. The met began in June 1873, though the property location on an adjacent site. ropolitan line, builtfrom 1866 to 1873, pro- was not officially acquired until that Au- Drawn by: Perry Benson, HABS
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B & 0 Railroad Statlon~ f<.ockwill, MD, situated within right-of-way for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. HABS and the Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, jointly sponsored the Niobrara recording project for the summer of 1977 as a means of mitigating the adverse effect of a 1950s Corps project (the Cavins Point Dam/Lewis and Clark Lake project, which has subsequently had an adverse effect on the town of Niobrara), as well as meeting their responsibilities under Executive Order 11593 section 2(c}. AMERICAN
C. Ford Peatross, curator of the architec These include reference copies from the mentofvarious forms and methods of con tural collections of the Prints and Photo Historic Prints Collection, records of the struction of American bridges; and a survey graphs Division of the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record, of onion-shaped cupolas from Alaska to has published an excellent article on the mounted photographs, panoramas and Texas during the 19th century. "Architectural Collections of the Library of stereopticon views, and large collections The author does not overestimate the Congress" in The Quarterly journal of the from single sources like the Detroit Pub value of the architectural records now in Library of Congress (Vol. 34, No.3, July lishing Company (over 30,000 photo the Library of Congress when he states that 1977). graphs) and the Farm Security Administra the "special mix of comprehensive collec The Library of Congress pioneered in tion (over 75,000 photographs). tions and established services constitutes a recognizing the importance of the nation's Peatross explains the library's Shelf-List genuine national treasure." • vanishing architectural heritage and in en Index System (described in "American Ar suring that the heritage was properly re chitectural Archives" in the April1977 issue -Sally Marusin corded and made available for study. The of 11593), bywhich mostofthe records are 35-page article discusses in detail the his indexed, but emphasizes that the materials tory, scope, and ways of using various ar indexed by subject category can also be chitectural collections in the Prints and useful to researchers. Some of the Photographs Division. More than 55 categories include building types (theat photographs and drawings are used to il ers), engineering forms (bridges), single lustrate the wealth of materials available. structures (Singer Tower), architectural Although the Carnegie Survey of Ar styles (Gothic), design details (onion chitecture of the South, the Pictorial Ar shaped domes), individual architects or chives of Early American Architecture, and firms (Frank Lloyd Wright), and vernacular CONTENTS the Historic American Buildings Survey structures (domestic, commercial). Several constitute the core of the present collec diverse studies that have been conducted The Foundation Center ...... 1 tions, the author points out that there are usingthese indexes are described: a survey other collections of value to students in the of American theaters spanning the period Maintenance Central for Seniors: architecture or the history of architecture. from 1798 to 1960; a surveyofthe develop- A Positive Model for Preservation ..... 1 Digest of Cases 1967-1977 ...... 1 Victorian Society Offers Summer Seminars in Britain and US ...... 1 11593 is published by the office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, Jerry L. Rogers, Chief; Ron Green Model Survey Under Way in berg, principal editor; Sally Marusin, Betty Berry, and Robert Haynes, editors. Washington County ...... 2
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Two OAHP Publications Available ...... 2 John C. Poppelier.~. Historic American Buildings Survey, 523-5474 Isabel T. Hill. Histonc American Engineering Record, 523-5460. A 25¢ Discovery ...... 2 Janet G. Kopleck, Interagency Archeological Services Division, 523-5454 Lee H. Nelson, Technical Preservation Services/Preservation Technology, 523-5891 Sources of Preservation Eleanor G. Condit, Grants Administration, 523-5054 Funding Update ...... 5 Kay D. Weeks, Technical Preservation Services/State Preservation Projects, 523-5477 Marilyn P. Cable, National Register Division/Plans, 523-5480 Services of the Preservation Press ...... 6 Sarah G. Oldham, National Register Division/Registration, 523-5486 James H. Charleton, Historic Sites Survey, 523-5464 Marlene Nicol/I, Automatic Data Processing DiVision, 523-5470 Federal Agency Documentation Responsibilities ...... 7
Address correspo~dence 10 the contribUting editors or to Martha Raymond, National Register Division A Treasury of American Architectural Naltonal Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240 (202/523-5486). ' Collections ...... 8