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The 1908 Gamble House in Pasadena, open
for tours and special events.
Photo from Conservancy archives. |
This section has a vast range of information about preservation services, tools, and incentives; historic sites for special events; preservation organizations and historical societies, and much more.
 Services
FAQs
How To...
Resources for Owners of Historic Structures
Preservation Incentives
Preservation Organizations & Historical Societies
Websites & Online Archives
Museums & Historic Sites
List of Operating Countywide Theatres
Education & Libraries
City Government
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SERVICES
Go-To Guide
Need
someone to fix the windows in your historic home? Perhaps a contractor,
architect, historian, or real estate agent versed in historic
properties? Start here, with our regularly updated listing of experts in
various aspects of preservation (formerly known as the Preservation
Resource Directory).
Go-To Guide
Historic Sites for Special Events
Would you like to celebrate a wedding or other special occasion at a remarkable historic locale? If so, browse this list for some ideas on the perfect venue for your event.
Historic Sites for Special Events
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HOW TO...
Use CEQA to Protect Your Community
This
brief guide explains how you can use the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to protect historic places in your community. It includes case studies describing how others have used it in different ways to prevent demolition of significant sites.
Using CEQA to Protect Your Community (PDF, English)
Utilización de la ley CEQA para proteger a su comunidad (PDF, en Español)
Nominate a Site as a Landmark
This comprehensive guide, from our popular LandmarkTHIS! workshop, explains how to research and nominate a site for designation as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (local landmark), currently one of our strongest tools for preservation in the City of Los Angeles.
LandmarkTHIS! Guide
Research the History of a Property
This step-by-step guide walks you through the process of researching the history of properties in the City of Los Angeles (with some relevance to other cities as well).
Historical Research Guide
Dispel Common Myths About Preservation
If you're tired of arguing the merits of historic preservation at dinner parties, check out the Top Ten Myths of Historic Preservation, sure to stop any naysayer in his tracks.
Top Ten Myths About Historic Preservation (PDF)
Save a Historic Site
Are you trying to save a historic resource in your community? While each situation is different, here's an introduction to the basic techniques of saving historic buildings -- historic designations, environmental review, and community organizing.
How to Save Historic Buildings
Meet the Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation
If you're involved in a preservation project, you'll need to be familiar with the nationally accepted standards for rehabilitating historic structures -- standards used by all levels of government in reviewing the acceptability of projects that would alter historic sites.
Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation
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RESOURCES FOR OWNERS OF
HISTORIC STRUCTURES
Virtual Tours of Conservancy Easement Properties
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Photo from Conservancy archives. |
Take a virtual tour of twenty-seven historic sites covered by Conservancy conservation easements, the best way to permanently save a historic place. This section of our website offers an overview of our easement program, plus descriptions and slideshows of each of our easement properties.
Learn More About Conservation Easements
Historic Home Inspectors
Since historic structures have special needs when it comes to inspections, it's important for owners or buyers of older properties to find inspectors who understand these issues. Inspectors also play an important role in helping educate owners or buyers about historic properties, so they know what to expect and can make repairs or upgrades that maintain the building's historic character.
The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) and California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA) have partnered with the Conservancy to raise awareness of the special issues involved in inspecting historic properties. Both groups have members with specialized experience in these homes. To find an inspector in your area with expertise in historic properties:
Use ASHI's online search engine and select "Historic Homes" under "By Additional Services Offered," and/or
Use CREIA's online search engine.
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PRESERVATION INCENTIVES
General Incentives
for Preserving Historic Buildings
What financial incentives and other programs exist to help make preservation
economically feasible? This Conservancy publication covers the basics of income tax credits, property tax
reductions, facade easements, and the California Historical Building
Code.
Incentives for Preserving Historic Buildings (PDF)
Preservation
Incentives for Homeowners
This comprehensive report from the Getty Conservation Institute is tailored specifically to homeowners.
Incentives for the Preservation and Rehabilitation
of Historic Homes in the City of Los Angeles: A Guidebook for Homeowners (PDF)
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Pershing Square
Downtown Los Angeles Pershing Square is the oldest public park in Los Angeles. Its history extends back two hundred years when it was a vacant lot known as block number 15. In 1866, an ordinance was signed declaring the park "...a public square for the use and benefit of the citizens of the common." Over the last century the park has undergone numerous changes including the addition of underground parking in the 1950s. In the 1990s, the park was significantly remodeled by a design team led by architect Ricardo Legoretta and landscape architect Laurie Olin. Photo courtesy of California Historical Society / Ticor Title Insurance |
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