Architectural History
Architectural History for Meaningful Preservation
Homes, barns, hangars, office buildings, roads, rocket launch pads, cemeteries, wells and gardens all can uncover how communities have evolved over time. ACI’s architectural historians examine aspects of the built environment to document their history, evaluate their integrity and significance, and provide the expertise needed to support preservation, planning, and permitting requirements.
How ACI Can Help
ACI’s architectural historians evaluate the built environment to understand how properties, structures, and landscapes have changed over time — and what makes them historically significant. Through field documentation, architectural analysis, historical research, and evaluation against National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria, our team provides the critical information needed to assist with planning, preservation and restoration, and federal and state permitting requirements
What Architectural History Services Include
Architectural history brings together field observation, historical research, and an understanding of how places have evolved. Through our experienced historians, we examine resources’ architecture, original purpose, alterations, ownership, and relationship to surrounding properties to help determine its historical significance and integrity. Explore our core architectural history capabilities to learn how ACI can fulfill your project’s needs.
Core Capabilities
When to Contact ACI
Your Project's Progress May Involve an Architectural History Review
When a project involves a historic property, structure, or landscape, it’s important to determine whether an evaluation is needed to satisfy federal and state permitting requirements — and to preserve the past. If you have concerns regarding architectural history, the first step is starting a conversation with our team at ACI.
From the First Conversation to a Clear Path Forward
Every project begins with understanding the entire situation. ACI reviews your project location, timeline, available documentation such as photos or descriptions of what was found, known requirements, and any concerns regarding cultural resources to determine the most appropriate path forward.
Your Details Help Us Determine the Scope
Using the information you provided, our team determines whether additional research, field investigations, technical studies, or other services are appropriate. We then develop a clear plan and provide the documentation or recommendations needed to support your project.
Need Architectural History for a Project or Property?
If you know architectural history expertise is what your project requires, or are unsure which services you need from ACI, we are always available to answer questions. Contact our team, tell us about your project, and we will place you on a clear path forward.
