Boarding House District Design Guidelines

Subtitled "A Guide for the Rehabilitation, Restoration and Preservation of Residential and Commercial Properties within the Historic Boarding House Neighborhood." From introduction: "The City of Excelsior Springs, Missouri (City) has a strong commitment to historic preservation and providing protection for designated historic resources that lie within its boundaries. This commitment was formalized by establishing the Historic Preservation Commission by ordinance in 1978. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) designated Excelsior Springs as a Certified Local Government in 1991. Recognizing the need to ensure that the evaluation and protection of historic resources accurately reflects the specific built environment in each historic district, the City contracted Rosin Preservation, LLC, and Susan Richards Johnson and Associates, Inc., to update the survey of buildings in the Boarding House Historic District (District) and prepare design guidelines that address the specific conditions and materials found within the District. The survey findings and documentation (including official written Architectural/Historic Inventory Forms and photographic documentation) provide the basis for many preservation decisions, including developing design guidelines to inform decisions made regarding the improvement of properties in the local historic district, identifying buildings or districts eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, and evaluating the impacts of government actions on historic resources. Survey results also help the City better understand and protect these historic resources by raising awareness among the public of the significance of the City’s building inventory and by educating and boosting interest in private investment in the rehabilitation of historic buildings for new uses." Project funding was provided in part by a 2014 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Excelsior Springs (project number MO-14-021) administered by the Tennessee State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P14AF00032) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Excelsior Springs, Missouri is a Certified Local Government.

Boarding House District Design Guidelines

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